Conference · Division II · 2025–26
Great Lakes Valley Conference men’s basketball rosters: size, height, turnover, home states
The Great Lakes Valley Conference lists 14 Division II men's basketball programs and 208 players on 2025–26 rosters — an average roster of 14.9, an average listed height of 6'4", 55% of players new this season, and 53% from the college's own state.
Computed from 208 player-seasons · 2024–25 to 2025–26 · updated Sep 24, 2026
About the same height as the rest of Division II: 6'4" against 6'4".
Over Great Lakes Valley Conference players with a listed height, the average is 6'4"; across every Division II program at strength it is 6'4" — 0.2 inches taller.
Turnover in line with Division II: 55% of players are new this season.
Players not on the same program's 2024–25 roster, at programs listed at strength both seasons: 55% in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, 56% across Division II. Turnover is where next season's spots are.
More local than Division II: 53% of players come from the college's own state.
Of Great Lakes Valley Conference players with a home on record, 53% list the college's own state and 3% a home outside the US; across Division II the shares are 45% and 4%. The single largest home state is Missouri (29%).
Great Lakes Valley Conference against Division II
Great Lakes Valley
n = 208
Division II
n = 4,374
| Great Lakes Valley | Division II | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roster size | 14.9 | 15.8 | −1 |
| Avg height | 6'4" | 6'4" | +0.2 in |
| Freshmen | 32% | 29% | +3 pts |
| New this season | 55% | 56% | −1 pts |
| In-state | 53% | 45% | +8 pts |
| Outside the US | 3% | 4% | −1 pts |
Great Lakes Valley Conference programs on 2025–26 rosters
Programs| Program | State | Players | Avg height | Freshmen | New this season | In-state |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drury | Missouri | 15 | 6'4" | 53% | 47% | 69% |
| Illinois Springfield | Illinois | 15 | 6'4" | 40% | 47% | 67% |
| Lewis | Illinois | 13 | 6'5" | 38% | 77% | 46% |
| Lincoln (MO) | Missouri | 13 | 6'4" | 23% | 62% | 10% |
| Maryville (MO) | Missouri | 14 | 6'5" | 29% | 100% | 36% |
| McKendree | Illinois | 15 | 6'5" | 33% | 40% | 54% |
| Missouri S&T | Missouri | 16 | 6'5" | 19% | 25% | 69% |
| Quincy | Illinois | 13 | 6'4" | 38% | 69% | 27% |
| Rockhurst | Missouri | 17 | 6'5" | 18% | 41% | — |
| Southwest Baptist | Missouri | 15 | — | 20% | 33% | 54% |
| Truman State | Missouri | 13 | 6'5" | 23% | 46% | 36% |
| UIndy | Indiana | 15 | 6'4" | 47% | 67% | 53% |
| UMSL | Missouri | 14 | 6'5" | 36% | 79% | 38% |
| Upper Iowa | Iowa | 20 | 6'3" | 30% | 50% | 89% |
Where Great Lakes Valley Conference players come from
Home states| Home | Players | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 52 | 29% |
| Illinois | 36 | 20% |
| Iowa | 21 | 12% |
| Indiana | 14 | 8% |
| Texas | 8 | 4% |
| Outside the US | 5 | 3% |
| Kentucky | 5 | 3% |
| Michigan | 5 | 3% |
How to read this page
Every number is over Great Lakes Valley Conference 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 II figures are pooled over every Division II program at strength, the same rule the conferences-compared page uses.
What this means for a recruit looking at the Great Lakes Valley
How to read itThis conference recruits close to home.
53% of its players list the college's own state, and Missouri alone supplies 29%. A recruit outside those states is competing against a wider field for the same spots.
Rosters here turn over at the division's pace.
55% 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.
0.2 inches separates the Great Lakes Valley from the Division II average. Pick the level first, then the conference; the program pages carry each roster's own numbers.
Those are the Great Lakes Valley'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 · scope208 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 II 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
- 208 players on 2025–26 rosters at the 14 Great Lakes Valley Conference programs counted.
- Computed
- Sep 24, 2026 · methodology conference-pages-1
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