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Northeastern State Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 2 · Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association · Tahlequah, OK

Northeastern State (D2, Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) lists 14 players on the 2026–27 roster; 10 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster14 players
New this season10
Transfer additions5
Clearest projected openingForwards · 2028
Most common home stateOK (10)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Forwards: open from 2028 — 1 ahead.

Guards: blocked until 2029.

2027
Gblocked4 ahead · multi-yr
Fbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gblocked4 ahead · multi-yr
Fopen1 ahead
2029
Gopening4 ahead
Fopen0 ahead
2030
Gopen1 ahead
Fopen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (4)
Chase Clark6′3″Fr
Ben Hagebusch6′2″So
Dylan Tea6′6″So
Jaxson Vandegarde6′0″RS-So
Forwards in that room (1)
Parker Hardage6′6″RS-Jr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Northeastern State

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (4 ahead · multi-yr), F balanced (1 ahead · multi-yr).

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

Most arrivals come from OK, TX, CA.

0 of 14 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 14 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

12% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 14 players

Guards 4 of 14

Dylan Tea6′6″So6.0 PPG
Chase Clark6′3″Fr
Ben Hagebusch6′2″So
Jaxson Vandegarde6′0″RS-So4.0 PPG

Frontcourt 1 of 14 · forwards + centers

Parker Hardage6′6″RS-Jr · F1.0 PPG
9 without a listed position:Sam Webb 6′9″ · JrUrsin Vital 6′9″ · FrCharles Webb 6′9″ · FrAndreas Grubisa 6′6″ · FrDylan Golightly 6′5″ · JrSutton Shook 6′5″ · FrGavin Barnard 6′2″ · JrBarron Harris Jr. 6′1″ · SoMontae Collins 5′11″ · Jr
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

12%of recorded scoring returns
0 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Dylan Tea6.0 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Jaxson Vandegarde4.0 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Parker Hardage1.0 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 12 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

9 of 14 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 14

0 of 14 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

OK 10 · TX 4 · CA 1 · IL 1 · KS 1 · MO 1

6 international: Sydney, Australia; Sandringham; Melbourne, Australia; Perth, Australia and 2 more

High schools: Union HS ×2; Galesburg HS; Claremore HS and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Sam Webb
→Montae Collins
→Dylan Golightly
→Gavin Barnard
→Barron Harris Jr.

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Pierce Ross
←Sage Wayans
←Dalen Fuller
←Nehemiah Weber
←Ethan Blackmon
←AJ Reed Jr.
←Harry Neilson

How this roster compares

Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (14 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureNortheastern StateConference
Average guard height6′3″6′3″
Average frontcourt height6′6″6′8″−2″
Roster size1415−1
Freshman share36%31%+5pp

Coaching staff

Ja HavensHead coach
Jacob RueterAssistant coach
Braedon AlldredgeAssistant coach
Cassidy BowenHead coach
Keith FergusonHead coach / coach_ferg
Chase WootenHead coach / NSUWSoccer
Kyle WilliamsHead coach / coachcone32
Rob CzlonkaHead coach / NSUMenSoccer
Staff changes7 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2023–24, 1 before 2025–26, 5 before 2026–27.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate100%
SAT midpoint982
ACT midpoint20

How this page is made: Rosters: official Northeastern State rosters, 2025–26 and 2026–27, read from the athletic department's own site · Season: Northeastern State'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 · 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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