D3 · Empire 8

Russell Sage Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · Empire 8 · Troy, NY

Russell Sage (D3, Empire 8) lists 14 players on the 2025–26 roster; 2 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster14 players
New this season2
Transfer additions0
Clearest projected openingForwards · 2026
Most common home stateMD (1)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Forwards: open from 2026 — 2 ahead.

Guards: blocked until 2027.

2026
Gblocked9 ahead
Fopen2 ahead
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2027
Gopening8 ahead
Fopen0 ahead
Copen1 ahead
2028
Gopening3 ahead
Fopen0 ahead
Copen0 ahead
2029
Gopen2 ahead
Fopen0 ahead
Copen0 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (10)
Kyle Dhu6′2″So
Tyre Williams6′0″Jr
Adam Myers6′1″Jr
Pape Tunkara6′2″Jr
Deavion Springsteen6′0″Jr
Brandon Harris6′2″Sr
Kendall Lavender6′2″Jr
Tyee Clayton6′0″Fr
Mike McLaughlin6′2″Sr
Mikey Steward6′0″Fr
Forwards in that room (3)
Sidney Lebonzo6′3″Grad
Jeremy Rosario6′4″Sr
Ben Aprilante6′5″Sr
Centers in that room (1)
Khalel Noteman6′4″Jr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Russell Sage

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (9 ahead), F open (2 ahead), C balanced (1 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 2 arrivals, 2 came straight from high school and 0 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from MD.

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.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 14 players

Guards 10 of 14

Kyle Dhu6′2″So
Pape Tunkara6′2″Jr
Brandon Harris6′2″Sr · final yr
Kendall Lavender6′2″Jr
Mike McLaughlin6′2″Sr · final yr
Adam Myers6′1″Jr
Tyre Williams6′0″Jr
Deavion Springsteen6′0″Jr
Tyee Clayton6′0″Fr
Mikey Steward6′0″Fr

Frontcourt 4 of 14 · forwards + centers

Ben Aprilante6′5″Sr · F · final yr
Khalel Noteman6′4″Jr · C
Jeremy Rosario6′4″Sr · F · final yr
Sidney Lebonzo6′3″Grad · F · final yr
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

2from high school0via the portal

14 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

MD 1

13 international: Mount Vernon; Elmsford; Brooklyn; Albany and 9 more

High schools: LaSalle Inst./Saint Rose; James I. O'Neil/SUNY Adirondack; Alexander Hamilton/Herkimer CC and 2 more

How this roster compares

Empire 8 (12 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureRussell SageConference
Average guard height6′1″6′1″
Average frontcourt height6′4″6′5″−1″
Roster size1418−4
Freshman share14%32%−18pp

Coaching staff

Brian EastmanAssistant men's basketball coach
Kevin BlanchetAssistant men's basketball coach
Todd WilliamsonVolunteer assistant men’s basketball coach
Staff changesNo on-court staff changes across the last 0 offseasons.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate53%

How this page is made: Rosters: official Russell Sage rosters, 2024–25 and 2025–26, read from the athletic department's own site · 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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