D2 · Northeast-10 Conference

Pace Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 2 · Northeast-10 Conference · New York, NY

Pace (D2, Northeast-10 Conference) lists 15 players on the 2025–26 roster; 10 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster15 players
New this season10
Transfer additions4
Clearest projected openingForwards · 2028
Most common home stateNY (9)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Forwards: open from 2028 — 2 ahead.

Guards: blocked until 2029.

2026
Gcrowded11 ahead
Fbalanced4 ahead
2027
Gcrowded8 ahead · multi-yr
Fbalanced2 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gbalanced8 ahead
Fopening2 ahead
2029
Gopen6 ahead
Fopen1 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (11)
Luke Gaccione5′10″Fr
Paxton Davidson6′3″RS-Sr
Nathan Robertson6′4″So
Jayden James6′4″So
Jake Palluzzi6′1″Fr
Leo Vlogianitis6′2″RS-Fr
Jabari Nurse6′4″Sr
David Dix5′10″Fr
Bryce Aierstok6′5″Sr
Saif Saleh6′8″Fr
Ben Manuel6′5″Fr
Forwards in that room (4)
Jaden Kealey6′5″Grad
Adam Chiacchia6′8″Fr
Ethan Robertson6′6″So
Promise Opurum6′7″RS-Sr
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If you want to play at Pace

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (11 ahead), F balanced (4 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 11 arrivals, 7 came straight from high school and 4 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from NY, CT, MA.

0 of 15 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 15 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

44% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 15 players

Guards 11 of 15

Saif Saleh6′8″Fr6.0 PPG
Bryce Aierstok6′5″Sr · final yr
Ben Manuel6′5″Fr6.6 PPG
Nathan Robertson6′4″So3.1 PPG
Jayden James6′4″So4.9 PPG
Jabari Nurse6′4″Sr · final yr12.5 PPG
Paxton Davidson6′3″RS-Sr · final yr10.9 PPG
Leo Vlogianitis6′2″RS-Fr
Jake Palluzzi6′1″Fr
Luke Gaccione5′10″Fr
David Dix5′10″Fr3.7 PPG

Frontcourt 4 of 15 · forwards + centers

Adam Chiacchia6′8″Fr · F
Promise Opurum6′7″RS-Sr · F · final yr0.9 PPG
Ethan Robertson6′6″So · F4.2 PPG
Jaden Kealey6′5″Grad · F · final yr12.7 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

44%of recorded scoring returns
2 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Ben Manuel6.6 PPG · returning
Saif Saleh6.0 PPG · returning
Jayden James4.9 PPG · returning

Computed from 10 of 15 players with recorded 2025–26 stats; class years mark who returns.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

7from high school4via the portal

11 of 15 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 15

0 of 15 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

NY 9 · CT 3 · MA 3 · NJ 3 · AR 1 · NC 1

1 international: Amman

High schools: Canterbury School ×2; The Knox School ×2; The Winchendon School ×2 and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2024–25 → 2025–26 · in

→Paxton Davidson
→Nathan Robertson
→Ethan Robertson
→Promise Opurum

2024–25 → 2025–26 · out

←Trey Boyd III
←Darren Fergus
←Justin Noelizaire
←Jamaal Waters
←Justin O'Neill
←Christian Adams
←Josh Hopson

How this roster compares

Northeast-10 Conference (9 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasurePaceConference
Average guard height6′3″6′3″
Average frontcourt height6′7″6′7″
Roster size1515
Freshman share47%25%+22pp

Coaching staff

Matt HealingHead coach
Tray AlexanderAssistant coach
Sean RigothiAssistant coach
Staff changes3 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2022–23, 1 before 2023–24, 1 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate76%
SAT midpoint1215
ACT midpoint26

How this page is made: Rosters: official Pace rosters, 2024–25 and 2025–26, read from the athletic department's own site · New this season: players not listed on the 2024–25 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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