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Dartmouth Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #273 · 11–16 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · Ivy League · Hanover, NH

Dartmouth finished 11–16 (Ivy 7th, KenPom #273) in 2025–26. 14 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 6 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster14 players
New this season6
Transfer additions6
Most common home stateCA (4)

If you want to play at Dartmouth

How to get recruited here

Of the latest cycle's 6 arrivals, 0 came straight from high school and 6 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from CA, IL, DE.

0 of 14 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 14 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

33% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 14 players

Guards 8 of 14

Cameron McNamee6′6″Jr6.0 PPG
Landon Williams6′5″RS-So
Nikola Abusara6′5″Sr · final yr5.4 PPG
Ernas Valauskas6′4″—
Cam Hiatt6′4″So3.7 PPG
Acen Jimenez6′2″—
CJ Aldrich III6′2″—
Ben Brown6′2″Sr · final yr2.1 PPG

Frontcourt 6 of 14 · forwards + centers

Dan Civello6′11″Jr · C
Tyler Garrett6′10″So · F2.2 PPG
Jake Pollack6′9″F
Anton Strelnikov6′8″So · C4.1 PPG
Patrick Tivnan Jr.6′8″Sr · F · final yr1.0 PPG
Shanon Simango6′8″Jr · F3.0 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

33%of recorded scoring returns
0 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Cameron McNamee6.0 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Nikola Abusara5.4 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Anton Strelnikov4.1 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 14 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

0from high school6via the portal

8 of 14 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 14

0 of 14 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

CA 4 · IL 4 · DE 1 · FL 1 · MA 1 · MD 1

3 international: Maputo; Manchester; Siauliai

High schools: Benet Academy; Clovis North High School; Manchester Grammar School and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Ernas Valauskas
→Jake Pollack
→Acen Jimenez
→CJ Aldrich III
→Landon Williams
→Dan Civello

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Khai Lockwood
←Connor Amundsen
←Kareem Thomas

How this roster compares

Ivy League (8 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureDartmouthConference
Average guard height6′4″6′3″+1″
Average frontcourt height6′9″6′8″+1″
Roster size1417−3
Freshman share0%28%−28pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#2252021–22#2582022–23#3312023–24#1752024–25#2732025–26
9–16 · Ivy 6th10–18 · Ivy 7th6–21 · Ivy 8th14–14 · Ivy 3rd11–16 · Ivy 7th

Coaching staff

Brett MacConnellHead coach
Amir BellAssistant coach
Eamonn KearneyAssistant coach
Nick NichayAssistant coach
Staff changes7 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2023–24, 2 before 2024–25, 4 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate5%
SAT midpoint1500
ACT midpoint34
Coach-verified GPA floor3.8

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