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Case Western Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

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Case Western (D3, University Athletic Association) lists 23 players on the 2025–26 roster; 16 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster23 players
New this season16
Transfer additions4
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2029
Most common home stateIL (5)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2029 — 6 ahead.

2026
Gcrowded12 ahead
Fcrowded11 ahead
2027
Gcrowded10 ahead
Fcrowded9 ahead
2028
Gbalanced8 ahead
Fbalanced7 ahead
2029
Gopen6 ahead
Fopen6 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (12)
Anestis Hadjistamoulou6′0″Fr
Luca Asanaka6′2″Fr
Shyam Patel6′4″Fr
Gideon Greenberg6′4″Fr
Julian Scott6′2″Jr
Anand Dharmarajan6′2″Sr
Ethan Edwards6′0″Grad
Matthew Ellis6′0″So
Simon Moschin5′10″Fr
Henry Stowell6′3″So
Drey Fox6′2″Jr
Drew Bartolai6′4″Fr
Forwards in that room (11)
Nolan Demski6′4″So
Luke Levan6′6″Fr
Ethan Nowak6′6″Jr
Aaron Rucker6′7″Sr
Logan Brown6′6″Jr
Will Taylor6′6″Fr
James Campbell IV6′6″Fr
James Claypool6′8″Fr
Alex Vincent6′10″Fr
Nitish Sankaranthi6′7″Fr
Andrew Fox6′9″Sr
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If you want to play at Case Western

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (12 ahead), F crowded (11 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 16 arrivals, 12 came straight from high school and 4 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from IL, OH, PA.

0 of 23 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 23 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

58% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 23 players

Guards 12 of 23

Shyam Patel6′4″Fr7.8 PPG
Gideon Greenberg6′4″Fr1.6 PPG
Drew Bartolai6′4″Fr2.5 PPG
Henry Stowell6′3″So0.6 PPG
Luca Asanaka6′2″Fr0.7 PPG
Julian Scott6′2″Jr5.4 PPG
Anand Dharmarajan6′2″Sr · final yr10.4 PPG
Drey Fox6′2″Jr0.5 PPG
Anestis Hadjistamoulou6′0″Fr4.3 PPG
Ethan Edwards6′0″Grad · final yr20.1 PPG
Matthew Ellis6′0″So11.7 PPG
Simon Moschin5′10″Fr0.8 PPG

Frontcourt 11 of 23 · forwards + centers

Alex Vincent6′10″Fr · F10.4 PPG
Andrew Fox6′9″Sr · F · final yr8.9 PPG
James Claypool6′8″Fr · F0.2 PPG
Aaron Rucker6′7″Sr · F · final yr0.6 PPG
Nitish Sankaranthi6′7″Fr · F1.4 PPG
Luke Levan6′6″Fr · F0.3 PPG
Ethan Nowak6′6″Jr · F
Logan Brown6′6″Jr · F5.1 PPG
Will Taylor6′6″Fr · F1.3 PPG
James Campbell IV6′6″Fr · F0.8 PPG
Nolan Demski6′4″So · F0.4 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

58%of recorded scoring returns
2 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Matthew Ellis11.7 PPG · returning
Alex Vincent10.4 PPG · returning
Shyam Patel7.8 PPG · returning

Computed from 22 of 23 players with recorded 2025–26 stats; class years mark who returns.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

12from high school4via the portal

19 of 23 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 23

0 of 23 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

IL 5 · OH 5 · PA 4 · TX 3 · NY 2 · CO 1

2 international: Taipei; Athens

High schools: City Honors School; John Burroughs; Conestoga and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2024–25 → 2025–26 · in

→Julian Scott
→Ethan Nowak
→Ethan Edwards
→Logan Brown

2024–25 → 2025–26 · out

←Charlie Fox
←Umar Rashid
←Caleb Chapman
←Jeremiah Lepp
←Stylianos Marios Martzoukos
←Musa Ndow
←Eli Teslovich
←Sam Trunley
←Elvin Stowell

How this roster compares

University Athletic Association (8 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureCase WesternConference
Average guard height6′2″6′3″−1″
Average frontcourt height6′7″6′7″
Roster size2318+5
Freshman share52%26%+26pp

Coaching staff

Todd McGuinnessHead coach
Derrick RussellAssistant coach
Michael FloodAssistant coach
Christian McDanielAssistant coach
Brandon StaleyAssistant coach
Staff changes7 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 2 before 2022–23, 1 before 2023–24, 1 before 2024–25, 3 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate37%
SAT midpoint1470
ACT midpoint34

How this page is made: Rosters: official Case Western rosters, 2024–25 and 2025–26, read from the athletic department's own site · New this season: players not listed on the 2024–25 roster; a newcomer who is not a freshman counts as a transfer addition · 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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