Conference · Division II · 2025–26
Great Midwest Athletic Conference men’s basketball rosters: size, height, turnover, home states
The Great Midwest Athletic Conference lists 12 Division II men's basketball programs and 217 players on 2025–26 rosters — an average roster of 18.1, an average listed height of 6'4", 46% of players new this season, and 56% from the college's own state.
Computed from 217 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 Midwest Athletic Conference players with a listed height, the average is 6'4"; across every Division II program at strength it is 6'4" — 0.3 inches shorter.
Less turnover than Division II: 46% of players are new this season.
Players not on the same program's 2024–25 roster, at programs listed at strength both seasons: 46% in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, 56% across Division II. Turnover is where next season's spots are.
More local than Division II: 56% of players come from the college's own state.
Of Great Midwest Athletic Conference players with a home on record, 56% list the college's own state and 2% a home outside the US; across Division II the shares are 45% and 4%. The single largest home state is Ohio (57%).
Great Midwest Athletic Conference against Division II
Great Midwest Athletic
n = 217
Division II
n = 4,374
| Great Midwest Athletic | Division II | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roster size | 18.1 | 15.8 | +2.2 |
| Avg height | 6'4" | 6'4" | −0.3 in |
| Freshmen | 33% | 29% | +4 pts |
| New this season | 46% | 56% | −10 pts |
| In-state | 56% | 45% | +11 pts |
| Outside the US | 2% | 4% | −2 pts |
Great Midwest Athletic Conference programs on 2025–26 rosters
Programs| Program | State | Players | Avg height | Freshmen | New this season | In-state |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland | Ohio | 19 | 6'4" | 68% | 47% | 89% |
| Cedarville | Ohio | 15 | 6'4" | 29% | 60% | — |
| Findlay | Ohio | 18 | 6'3" | 22% | 22% | 94% |
| Hillsdale | Michigan | 15 | 6'4" | 33% | 33% | 7% |
| Kentucky Wesleyan | Kentucky | 16 | 6'4" | 19% | 69% | 27% |
| Lake Erie | Ohio | 26 | 6'3" | 27% | 65% | 46% |
| Malone | Ohio | 18 | 6'4" | 39% | 72% | 61% |
| Northwood | Michigan | 17 | 6'4" | 24% | — | — |
| Ohio Dominican | Ohio | 14 | 6'4" | 29% | 29% | 50% |
| Thomas More | Kentucky | 17 | 6'5" | 35% | 18% | 47% |
| Tiffin | Ohio | 19 | 6'3" | 26% | 42% | 33% |
| Walsh | Ohio | 23 | 6'4" | 43% | 39% | 91% |
Where Great Midwest Athletic Conference players come from
Home states| Home | Players | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 105 | 57% |
| Kentucky | 15 | 8% |
| Michigan | 9 | 5% |
| Illinois | 7 | 4% |
| Indiana | 7 | 4% |
| Texas | 6 | 3% |
| Florida | 5 | 3% |
| Wisconsin | 5 | 3% |
How to read this page
Every number is over Great Midwest Athletic 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 Midwest Athletic
How to read itThis conference recruits close to home.
56% of its players list the college's own state, and Ohio alone supplies 57%. A recruit outside those states is competing against a wider field for the same spots.
Rosters here are steadier than most.
46% 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.
0.3 inches separates the Great Midwest Athletic 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 Midwest Athletic's rosters. Where does your profile fit?
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Methodology
Source · sample · scope217 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
- 217 players on 2025–26 rosters at the 12 Great Midwest Athletic Conference programs counted.
- Computed
- Sep 24, 2026 · methodology conference-pages-1
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