Conference · Division II · 2025–26
South Atlantic Conference men’s basketball rosters: size, height, turnover, home states
The South Atlantic Conference lists 12 Division II men's basketball programs and 199 players on 2025–26 rosters — an average roster of 16.6, an average listed height of 6'4", 53% of players new this season, and 33% from the college's own state.
Computed from 199 player-seasons · 2024–25 to 2025–26 · updated Sep 25, 2026
About the same height as the rest of Division II: 6'4" against 6'4".
Over South Atlantic Conference players with a listed height, the average is 6'4"; across every Division II program at strength it is 6'4" — 0.1 inches shorter.
Less turnover than Division II: 53% of players are new this season.
Players not on the same program's 2024–25 roster, at programs listed at strength both seasons: 53% in the South Atlantic Conference, 56% across Division II. Turnover is where next season's spots are.
Less local than Division II: 33% of players come from the college's own state.
Of South Atlantic Conference players with a home on record, 33% list the college's own state and 6% a home outside the US; across Division II the shares are 45% and 4%. The single largest home state is North Carolina (17%).
South Atlantic Conference against Division II
South Atlantic
n = 199
Division II
n = 4,374
| South Atlantic | Division II | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roster size | 16.6 | 15.8 | +0.7 |
| Avg height | 6'4" | 6'4" | −0.1 in |
| Freshmen | 31% | 29% | +2 pts |
| New this season | 53% | 56% | −3 pts |
| In-state | 33% | 45% | −12 pts |
| Outside the US | 6% | 4% | +2 pts |
South Atlantic Conference programs on 2025–26 rosters
Programs| Program | State | Players | Avg height | Freshmen | New this season | In-state |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson (SC) | South Carolina | 13 | 6'4" | 15% | — | 17% |
| Carson-Newman | Tennessee | 15 | 6'4" | 40% | 53% | 43% |
| Catawba | North Carolina | 17 | 6'4" | 24% | 47% | 35% |
| Coker | South Carolina | 20 | 6'3" | 45% | — | — |
| Emory & Henry | Virginia | 19 | 6'3" | 26% | — | — |
| Lenoir-Rhyne | North Carolina | 17 | 6'4" | 24% | 53% | 31% |
| Lincoln Memorial | Tennessee | 18 | 6'4" | 28% | 94% | 13% |
| Mars Hill | North Carolina | 15 | 6'5" | 40% | — | — |
| Newberry | South Carolina | 19 | 6'3" | 26% | 32% | 53% |
| Tusculum | Tennessee | 14 | 6'5" | 50% | — | — |
| UVA Wise | Virginia | 17 | 6'5" | 29% | 41% | 47% |
| Wingate | North Carolina | 15 | 6'4" | 27% | — | 21% |
Where South Atlantic Conference players come from
Home states| Home | Players | Share |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 23 | 17% |
| South Carolina | 21 | 15% |
| Virginia | 14 | 10% |
| Tennessee | 10 | 7% |
| Florida | 9 | 7% |
| Georgia | 8 | 6% |
| Outside the US | 8 | 6% |
| Ohio | 7 | 5% |
How to read this page
Every number is over South Atlantic 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 South Atlantic
How to read itThis conference recruits beyond its own states.
33% of its players list the college's own state, and North Carolina alone supplies 17%. A recruit outside those states is competing against a wider field for the same spots.
Rosters here are steadier than most.
53% 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.
0.1 inches separates the South Atlantic from the Division II average. Pick the level first, then the conference; the program pages carry each roster's own numbers.
Those are the South Atlantic'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 · scope199 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
- 199 players on 2025–26 rosters at the 12 South Atlantic Conference programs counted.
- Computed
- Sep 25, 2026 · methodology conference-pages-1
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