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Saint Mary’s Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #28 · 27–6 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · West Coast Conference · Moraga, CA

Saint Mary's finished 27–6 (WCC 2nd, KenPom #28) in 2025–26. 16 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 10 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster16 players
New this season10
Transfer additions6
Clearest projected openingForwards · 2027
Most common home stateCA (10)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Forwards: open from 2027 — 5 ahead.

Centers: blocked until 2030.

2027
Gblocked7 ahead · multi-yr
Fopening5 ahead
Ccrowded2 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gblocked7 ahead
Fopening2 ahead
Ccrowded2 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopening6 ahead
Fopening1 ahead · multi-yr
Cbalanced2 ahead
2030
Gopen3 ahead
Fopen1 ahead
Copen1 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (8)
Cooper Lewis6′2″Fr
Luke Fennell6′6″So
Joshua Dent6′3″Jr
Rory Hawke6′5″RS-So
Darius Bivins5′11″Fr
Jeremy Dent-Smith6′1″Grad
Sam Curvy6′4″Fr
Mantas Juzenas6′6″So
Forwards in that room (6)
Trent MacLean6′8″RS-Fr
Vangelis Zougris6′8″Sr
Jalen Lewis6′9″Jr
Kevin Gad6′6″RS-Sr
Jazz Gardner7′0″RS-Jr
Thomas Ndong6′10″Sr
Centers in that room (2)
Flynn Pavely6′11″Fr
Salih Altuntas6′10″So
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Saint Mary's

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (7 ahead · multi-yr), F opening (5 ahead), C crowded (2 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 11 arrivals, 5 came straight from high school and 6 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from CA, DC, ID.

6 of 16 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 6 of 16 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

24% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 16 players

Guards 8 of 16

Luke Fennell6′6″So
Mantas Juzenas6′6″So2.1 PPG
Rory Hawke6′5″RS-So2.4 PPG
Sam Curvy6′4″Fr
Joshua Dent6′3″Jr13.2 PPG
Cooper Lewis6′2″Fr
Jeremy Dent-Smith6′1″Grad · final yr
Darius Bivins5′11″Fr

Frontcourt 8 of 16 · forwards + centers

Jazz Gardner7′0″RS-Jr · F
Flynn Pavely6′11″Fr · C
Salih Altuntas6′10″So · C
Thomas Ndong6′10″Sr · F · final yr
Jalen Lewis6′9″Jr · F
Trent MacLean6′8″RS-Fr · F
Vangelis Zougris6′8″Sr · F · final yr
Kevin Gad6′6″RS-Sr · F · final yr1.4 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

24%of recorded scoring returns
1 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Joshua Dent13.2 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Rory Hawke2.4 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Mantas Juzenas2.1 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 13 of 15 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 school6via the portal

10 of 16 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

6 of 16

6 of 16 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Best-ranked: Darius Bivins #70.

Where from

CA 10 · DC 1 · ID 1 · OR 1 · UT 1

11 international: Kaunas; Istanbul, Turkiye; Montreal; Kaunas, Lithuania and 7 more

High schools: Centre of Excellence ×5; Granada ×2; Campolindo and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Luke Fennell
→Vangelis Zougris
→Jalen Lewis
→Jeremy Dent-Smith
→Salih Altuntas
→Thomas Ndong

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Paulius Murauskas
←Liam Campbell
←Andrew McKeever
←Mikey Lewis
←Dillan Shaw
←Tony Duckett
←Oliver Faubert
←Cade Bennett

How this roster compares

West Coast Conference (10 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureSaint Mary'sConference
Average guard height6′3″6′4″−1″
Average frontcourt height6′9″6′9″
Roster size1616
Freshman share31%32%−1pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#192021–22#102022–23#152023–24#272024–25#282025–26
26–8 · WCC 2nd27–8 · WCC 2nd26–8 · WCC 2nd29–6 · WCC 2nd27–6 · WCC 2nd

Coaching staff

Mickey McConnellHead coach
Hardy AsprillaAssociate head coach
Chris CobbAssociate head coach
Dan SheetsAssistant coach
Trey TouchetAssistant coach
Rob JonesAssistant coach
Staff changes6 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 2 before 2023–24, 1 before 2024–25, 3 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate87%

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