Conference · Division III · 2025–26
Empire 8 men’s basketball rosters: size, height, turnover, home states
The Empire 8 lists 12 Division III men's basketball programs and 215 players on 2025–26 rosters — an average roster of 17.9, an average listed height of 6'2", 45% of players new this season, and 76% from the college's own state.
Computed from 215 player-seasons · 2024–25 to 2025–26 · updated Sep 24, 2026
About the same height as the rest of Division III: 6'2" against 6'3".
Over Empire 8 players with a listed height, the average is 6'2"; across every Division III program at strength it is 6'3" — 0.5 inches shorter.
Turnover in line with Division III: 45% of players are new this season.
Players not on the same program's 2024–25 roster, at programs listed at strength both seasons: 45% in the Empire 8, 44% across Division III. Turnover is where next season's spots are.
More local than Division III: 76% of players come from the college's own state.
Of Empire 8 players with a home on record, 76% list the college's own state and 4% a home outside the US; across Division III the shares are 53% and 2%. The single largest home state is New York (76%).
Empire 8 against Division III
Empire 8
n = 215
Division III
n = 7,091
| Empire 8 | Division III | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roster size | 17.9 | 17.6 | +0.3 |
| Avg height | 6'2" | 6'3" | −0.5 in |
| Freshmen | 33% | 30% | +3 pts |
| New this season | 45% | 44% | +1 pts |
| In-state | 76% | 53% | +23 pts |
| Outside the US | 4% | 2% | +2 pts |
Empire 8 programs on 2025–26 rosters
Programs| Program | State | Players | Avg height | Freshmen | New this season | In-state |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred | New York | 21 | 6'3" | 29% | 33% | 70% |
| Brockport | New York | 12 | 6'3" | 50% | 75% | 100% |
| Elmira | New York | 18 | 6'2" | 44% | 22% | 56% |
| Geneseo | New York | 15 | 6'3" | 27% | 27% | 100% |
| Hartwick | New York | 17 | 6'3" | 41% | 53% | 41% |
| Houghton | New York | 18 | 6'3" | 33% | 50% | 31% |
| Keuka | New York | 19 | 6'1" | 32% | 58% | 78% |
| Nazareth | New York | 16 | 6'2" | 31% | 31% | 88% |
| Russell Sage | New York | 14 | 6'2" | 14% | — | — |
| St. John Fisher | New York | 22 | 6'2" | 32% | 45% | 81% |
| SUNY Poly | New York | 17 | 6'2" | 41% | 59% | 100% |
| Utica | New York | 26 | 6'3" | 27% | 46% | 92% |
Where Empire 8 players come from
Home states| Home | Players | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 149 | 76% |
| Florida | 8 | 4% |
| Outside the US | 7 | 4% |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | 3% |
| Massachusetts | 4 | 2% |
| Maryland | 4 | 2% |
| Connecticut | 3 | 2% |
| California | 2 | 1% |
How to read this page
Every number is over Empire 8 programs whose 2025–26 roster lists at least 8 players. "Avg height" is over players with a listed height; "Freshmen" over players with a readable class label; "New this season" is the share of players not on the same program's 2024–25 roster, at programs listed at strength in both seasons; "In-state" and "Outside the US" are over players with a home on record.
A conference-level measure is shown only when 30 players carry the fact behind it, a program-level one when 8 do — a dash is a cell under the floor, not a zero. The Division III figures are pooled over every Division III program at strength, the same rule the conferences-compared page uses.
What this means for a recruit looking at the Empire 8
How to read itThis conference recruits close to home.
76% of its players list the college's own state, and New York alone supplies 76%. A recruit outside those states is competing against a wider field for the same spots.
Rosters here turn over at the division's pace.
45% of 2025–26 players were not on the same program's roster the season before. The program table shows which rosters turned over most — those are the programs with spots to fill.
Height differences between conferences are real but small next to the level.
0.5 inches separates the Empire 8 from the Division III average. Pick the level first, then the conference; the program pages carry each roster's own numbers.
Those are the Empire 8's rosters. Where does your profile fit?
Depth Chart scores your size, position, level and recruiting profile against all 1,060 programs.
Methodology
Source · sample · scope215 player-seasons · 1,060 programs · 2024–25 to 2025–26
Definitions and scope
- Source
- Official 2025–26 rosters (and 2024–25 for turnover) published by the athletics sites of NCAA Division III men's basketball programs, collected by Depth Chart.
- Conference
- The canonical conference each program plays in this season, realignment notes folded away; a program whose move has not happened yet counts in the conference it plays in.
- Floors
- A conference needs 5 programs at strength and 30 players to get a page; each conference measure needs 30 players carrying the fact; each program measure 8.
- Home
- A player's home state as the roster lists it; a value that is not a US state or DC is outside the US.
- Sample
- 215 players on 2025–26 rosters at the 12 Empire 8 programs counted.
- Computed
- Sep 24, 2026 · methodology conference-pages-1
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