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New Mexico Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #51 · 26–11 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · Mountain West Conference · Albuquerque, NM

New Mexico finished 26–11 (Mountain West 3rd, KenPom #51) in 2025–26. 13 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 10 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster13 players
New this season10
Transfer additions5
Clearest projected openingGuards · 2029
Most common home stateCA (9)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards: open from 2029 — 4 ahead.

Forwards: blocked until 2030.

2027
Gblocked5 ahead
Fcrowded8 ahead
2028
Gblocked4 ahead · multi-yr
Fbalanced5 ahead
2029
Gopening4 ahead
Fbalanced4 ahead · multi-yr
2030
Gopen1 ahead
Fopen4 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (5)
Hudson Mayes6′5″So
Jake Hall6′4″So
Dax Hall6′1″Fr
Uriah Tenette5′11″So
Chris Howell6′6″Grad
Forwards in that room (8)
Rytis Petraitis6′7″Grad
Federico Grani6′9″Sr
Fynn Lastring6′10″Fr
Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi6′7″Sr
AJ Pierre-Jerome6′9″Jr
Benjamin Schuch6′9″Fr
Imran Suljanovic6′8″RS-Fr
Nate Muriithi6′6″Fr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at New Mexico

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (5 ahead), F crowded (8 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 10 arrivals, 5 came straight from high school and 5 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from CA, TX, FL.

4 of 13 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 4 of 13 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

36% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 13 players

Guards 5 of 13

Chris Howell6′6″Grad · final yr5.5 PPG
Hudson Mayes6′5″So
Jake Hall6′4″So16.4 PPG
Dax Hall6′1″Fr
Uriah Tenette5′11″So10.6 PPG

Frontcourt 8 of 13 · forwards + centers

Fynn Lastring6′10″Fr · F
Federico Grani6′9″Sr · F · final yr
AJ Pierre-Jerome6′9″Jr · F
Benjamin Schuch6′9″Fr · F
Imran Suljanovic6′8″RS-Fr · F
Rytis Petraitis6′7″Grad · F · final yr
Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi6′7″Sr · F · final yr
Nate Muriithi6′6″Fr · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

36%of recorded scoring returns
2 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Jake Hall16.4 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Uriah Tenette10.6 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Chris Howell5.5 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 11 of 14 players on the 2025–26 roster with recorded stats; "returning" means listed on the 2026–27 roster.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

5from high school5via the portal

8 of 13 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

4 of 13

4 of 13 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Best-ranked: Imran Suljanovic #139.

Where from

CA 9 · TX 2 · FL 1 · NY 1 · OK 1 · SD 1

9 international: Split; Nassau, Bahamas; Les Sables-d'Olonne, France; Vienna and 5 more

High schools: Rancho Christian High ×2; Minnesota Prep Academy; Torrey Pines High School and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Rytis Petraitis
→Federico Grani
→Hudson Mayes
→Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi
→AJ Pierre-Jerome

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Kevin Patton Jr.
←Kallai Patton
←Sir Marius Jones
←JT Rock
←Tomislav Buljan
←Antonio Chol
←Timéo Pons

How this roster compares

Mountain West Conference (9 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureNew MexicoConference
Average guard height6′3″6′4″−1″
Average frontcourt height6′8″6′8″
Roster size1315−2
Freshman share38%27%+11pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#1572021–22#712022–23#292023–24#422024–25#512025–26
13–19 · Mountain West 9th22–12 · Mountain West 4th26–10 · Mountain West 2nd27–8 · Mountain West 2nd26–11 · Mountain West 3rd

Coaching staff

Eric OlenHead coach
Staff changesNo on-court staff changes across the last 0 offseasons.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate95%
SAT midpoint1038
ACT midpoint23

How this page is made: Rosters: official New Mexico rosters, 2025–26 and 2026–27, read from the athletic department's own site · Season: New Mexico's 2026–27 roster is posted, so this page reads it; the conference comparison uses 2025–26, the newest season every program has on file. · Stats: 2025–26, the last season played — the 2026–27 season has no games yet. · New this season: players not listed on the 2025–26 roster; a newcomer who is not a freshman counts as a transfer addition · Ratings: KenPom, five seasons; conference finish computed among same-conference teams by rating · Openings: Depth Chart's roster projection from listed class years; confidence stated per year · Sample: among players who made a college roster — the data cannot see who didn't. Among players who made a college roster. Model judgments describe positions and cohorts, never a named player's future. Refreshed automatically when the rosters change. Corrections: research@mydepthchart.com.

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