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Colorado State Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #90 · 21–13 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · Pac-12 Conference · Pueblo, CO

Colorado State finished 21–13 (Mountain West 7th, KenPom #90) in 2025–26. 15 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 7 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster15 players
New this season7
Transfer additions2
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2028
Most common home stateCO (5)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2028 — 5 ahead.

Centers: blocked until 2030.

2027
Gcrowded7 ahead
Fcrowded6 ahead
Ccrowded2 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gopening5 ahead
Fopening4 ahead
Ccrowded2 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopening3 ahead
Fopening2 ahead · multi-yr
Ccrowded2 ahead · multi-yr
2030
Gopen2 ahead
Fopen2 ahead
Copen2 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (7)
River Sawyer6′4″Fr
Amondo Miller Jr.6′7″Grad
Justin Menard6′3″Jr
Pops Dunson6′1″Fr
Jase Butler6′4″Jr
Jojo McIver6′3″So
Josh Pascarelli6′3″Sr
Forwards in that room (6)
Charlie Dortch6′7″RS-Jr
Rashaan Mbemba6′7″Sr
Kyle Jorgensen6′9″Jr
Carey Booth6′10″Sr
Eric Fiedler6′6″Fr
Docker Tedeschi6′9″RS-Fr
Centers in that room (2)
Jaden Ghoreishi6′9″Fr
Jaxon Clark6′10″Fr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Colorado State

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (7 ahead), F crowded (6 ahead), C crowded (2 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 8 arrivals, 6 came straight from high school and 2 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from CO, CA, GA.

6 of 15 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 6 of 15 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

62% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 15 players

Guards 7 of 15

Amondo Miller Jr.6′7″Grad · final yr
River Sawyer6′4″Fr
Jase Butler6′4″Jr9.3 PPG
Justin Menard6′3″Jr
Jojo McIver6′3″So2.7 PPG
Josh Pascarelli6′3″Sr · final yr10.2 PPG
Pops Dunson6′1″Fr

Frontcourt 8 of 15 · forwards + centers

Carey Booth6′10″Sr · F · final yr10.7 PPG
Jaxon Clark6′10″Fr · C
Jaden Ghoreishi6′9″Fr · C
Kyle Jorgensen6′9″Jr · F11.5 PPG
Docker Tedeschi6′9″RS-Fr · F
Charlie Dortch6′7″RS-Jr · F0.8 PPG
Rashaan Mbemba6′7″Sr · F · final yr8.1 PPG
Eric Fiedler6′6″Fr · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

62%of recorded scoring returns
3 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Kyle Jorgensen11.5 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Carey Booth10.7 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Josh Pascarelli10.2 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 13 of 14 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 school2via the portal

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

Rankings

6 of 15

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

Best-ranked: Carey Booth #63.

Where from

CO 5 · CA 2 · GA 2 · MN 2 · CT 1 · IA 1

3 international: Vilnius; Vienna, Austria; Belgrade, Serbia

High schools: Hoosac School; Rocky Mountain HS; Minneapolis Washburn and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Amondo Miller Jr.
→Justin Menard

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Darnez Slater
←Augustinas Kiudulas
←Brandon Rechsteiner
←Nikola Djapa
←Jon Mekonnen

How this roster compares

Pac-12 Conference (8 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureColorado StateConference
Average guard height6′4″6′4″
Average frontcourt height6′8″6′9″−1″
Roster size1515
Freshman share40%31%+9pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#492021–22#1082022–23#432023–24#392024–25#902025–26
25–6 · Mountain West 3rd15–18 · Mountain West 8th25–11 · Mountain West 4th26–10 · Mountain West 1st21–13 · Mountain West 7th

Coaching staff

Dave PilipovichAssistant coach
Cole GentryAssistant coach
Ali FarokhmaneshHead coach
Tim SheltonAssistant coach
Jason PhillipsHead olympic strength & conditioning coach
Chris HaslamAssistant coach
Staff changes6 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2023–24, 1 before 2024–25, 3 before 2025–26, 1 before 2026–27.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate89%
SAT midpoint1185
ACT midpoint26

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