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Albany Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #319 · 11–21 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · America East Conference · Albany, NY

Albany finished 11–21 (America East 4th, KenPom #319) in 2025–26. 15 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 11 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster15 players
New this season11
Transfer additions5
Clearest projected openingGuards · 2028
Most common home stateNY (6)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards: open from 2028 — 8 ahead.

Forwards: blocked until 2030.

2027
Gblocked9 ahead
Fblocked4 ahead · multi-yr
Ccrowded2 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gopening8 ahead
Fcrowded4 ahead
Ccrowded2 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopening4 ahead
Fcrowded3 ahead · multi-yr
Cbalanced2 ahead
2030
Gopen2 ahead
Fopen3 ahead
Copen1 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (9)
Ollie Engen—Jr
Abdoulaye Fall6′8″Sr
Papa Kounta6′6″Jr
Tyler Jones6′3″Fr
Zacharie Matulu6′5″RS-Jr
Wilkin Paulino6′2″So
Moustapha Ndao6′2″Fr
Miles Rose6′4″RS-Jr
Pedro Santos6′7″RS-So
Forwards in that room (4)
Ben Michaels—Jr
U-Mier Graham6′7″Fr
Erwann Bussing6′9″Fr
Petar Miovic6′8″Fr
Centers in that room (2)
Kean Webb6′11″RS-So
Callum Smith6′11″Fr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Albany

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (9 ahead), F blocked (4 ahead · multi-yr), C crowded (2 ahead · multi-yr).

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

Most arrivals come from NY, MA, PA.

1 of 15 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 1 of 15 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

23% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 15 players

Guards 9 of 15

Abdoulaye Fall6′8″Sr · final yr9.6 PPG
Pedro Santos6′7″RS-So
Papa Kounta6′6″Jr
Zacharie Matulu6′5″RS-Jr9.9 PPG
Miles Rose6′4″RS-Jr3.3 PPG
Tyler Jones6′3″Fr
Wilkin Paulino6′2″So
Moustapha Ndao6′2″Fr
Ollie Engen—Jr

Frontcourt 6 of 15 · forwards + centers

Kean Webb6′11″RS-So · C
Callum Smith6′11″Fr · C
Erwann Bussing6′9″Fr · F
Petar Miovic6′8″Fr · F
U-Mier Graham6′7″Fr · F
Ben Michaels—Jr · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

23%of recorded scoring returns
2 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Zacharie Matulu9.9 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Abdoulaye Fall9.6 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Miles Rose3.3 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

6from high school5via the portal

10 of 15 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

1 of 15

1 of 15 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Best-ranked: Tyler Jones #307.

Where from

NY 6 · MA 2 · PA 2 · GA 1 · IN 1 · MO 1

12 international: Buenos Aires; East London; Dakar; Porto and 8 more

High schools: Putnam Science ×2; Neumann Goretti; Florida Day School and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Ollie Engen
→Kean Webb
→Papa Kounta
→Ben Michaels
→Pedro Santos

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Ife West-Ingram
←Nas Muhammad
←Bautista Giralt
←Jaden Kempson
←Ma'Kye Taylor
←Yaya Keita
←Amir Lindsey
←Tarique Foster
←Sully Adewale

How this roster compares

America East Conference (9 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureAlbanyConference
Average guard height6′5″6′3″+2″
Average frontcourt height6′9″6′8″+1″
Roster size1515
Freshman share40%27%+13pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#2962021–22#3462022–23#2472023–24#2782024–25#3192025–26
13–18 · America East 6th8–23 · America East 9th13–19 · America East 4th17–16 · America East 5th11–21 · America East 4th

Coaching staff

Jim WhitesellAssistant coach
Dan MadhavapallilAssistant coach
Willie JenkinsAssistant coach
Elijah BurnsAssistant coach
Scott SchwartzAssistant strength & conditioning coach
Dwayne KillingsHead coach
Michelle HuerzelerAssociate head strength & conditioning coach (WSOC, WROW, FB asst)
Staff changes11 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 3 before 2023–24, 3 before 2024–25, 4 before 2025–26, 1 before 2026–27.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate69%
SAT midpoint1185
ACT midpoint26

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