D3 · Great Northeast Athletic Conference

Dean Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Franklin, MA

Dean (D3, Great Northeast Athletic Conference) lists 18 players on the 2025–26 roster; 14 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster18 players
New this season14
Transfer additions10
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2027
Most common home stateGA (4)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2027 — 10 ahead.

2026
Gcrowded16 ahead
Fbalanced2 ahead
2027
Gopening10 ahead
Fopen1 ahead
2028
Gopening4 ahead · multi-yr
Fopen0 ahead
2029
Gopen4 ahead
Fopen0 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (16)
Xavier Boyd6′3″Sr
Jae'den Stewart5′8″Fr
Moses Ilodigwe5′10″Sr
Nahshon Henderson-Crews6′2″Sr
Jay'len Lovejoy6′0″Fr
Moussa Berete6′4″Sr
Graham Moose6′0″Fr
Donnary Fontenot6′3″Jr
Cooper Smith6′1″Jr
Izayah Porter6′0″Jr
Semar Flugence6′4″Fr
Christian Yeates5′10″Sr
C.J. Riley5′10″Jr
Naser Motley6′0″Jr
Xavier Rubio6′2″Sr
Darius Leonard6′1″Jr
Forwards in that room (2)
Randy Vasquez6′5″Sr
Cedric Louis6′5″Jr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Dean

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (16 ahead), F balanced (2 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 14 arrivals, 4 came straight from high school and 10 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from GA, MA, NY.

0 of 18 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 18 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

45% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 18 players

Guards 16 of 18

Moussa Berete6′4″Sr · final yr2.8 PPG
Semar Flugence6′4″Fr
Xavier Boyd6′3″Sr · final yr8.6 PPG
Donnary Fontenot6′3″Jr3.8 PPG
Nahshon Henderson-Crews6′2″Sr · final yr1.0 PPG
Xavier Rubio6′2″Sr · final yr7.7 PPG
Cooper Smith6′1″Jr
Darius Leonard6′1″Jr1.4 PPG
Jay'len Lovejoy6′0″Fr
Graham Moose6′0″Fr
Izayah Porter6′0″Jr11.2 PPG
Naser Motley6′0″Jr15.4 PPG
Moses Ilodigwe5′10″Sr · final yr0.4 PPG
Christian Yeates5′10″Sr · final yr17.4 PPG
C.J. Riley5′10″Jr3.9 PPG
Jae'den Stewart5′8″Fr

Frontcourt 2 of 18 · forwards + centers

Randy Vasquez6′5″Sr · F · final yr9.7 PPG
Cedric Louis6′5″Jr · F3.0 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

45%of recorded scoring returns
2 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Naser Motley15.4 PPG · returning
Izayah Porter11.2 PPG · returning
C.J. Riley3.9 PPG · returning

Computed from 13 of 18 players with recorded 2025–26 stats; class years mark who returns.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

4from high school10via the portal

8 of 18 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 18

0 of 18 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

GA 4 · MA 4 · NY 3 · VA 3 · CA 2 · FL 2

High schools: Millbrook; Baldwin High School; Palo Verde and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2024–25 → 2025–26 · in

→Xavier Boyd
→Moses Ilodigwe
→Nahshon Henderson-Crews
→Cedric Louis
→Moussa Berete
→Donnary Fontenot
→Izayah Porter
→C.J. Riley
→Naser Motley
→Darius Leonard

2024–25 → 2025–26 · out

←Sean Manning
←Billy Ray Barnes III
←Ja'maine Davenport
←Josh Minton
←Tyler Nordstrom
←Harlan Nichols
←Noah Ritchards
←Yariel Chudgar
←John McClaren
←Quinten Jones
←Frankie Idlett
←Greg Farrow

How this roster compares

Great Northeast Athletic Conference (13 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureDeanConference
Average guard height6′1″6′1″
Average frontcourt height6′5″6′5″
Roster size1816+2
Freshman share22%22%

Coaching staff

Joe CabralMen's basketball head coach
Erik ChipmanAssociate head coach
Rico CabralVolunteer assistant coach
Peter StathakisAssistant coach
Jackson GarnerAssistant coach | recruiting coordinator
Staff changes3 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 3 before 2023–24.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate74%

How this page is made: Rosters: official Dean 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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