D3 · Conference of New England

Hartford Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · Conference of New England · West Hartford, CT

Hartford (D3, Conference of New England) lists 16 players on the 2025–26 roster; 6 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster16 players
New this season6
Transfer additions1
Clearest projected openingGuards and Centers · 2027
Most common home stateCT (5)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Centers: open from 2027 — 10 ahead.

Forwards: blocked until 2029.

2026
Gblocked11 ahead
Fblocked4 ahead · multi-yr
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2027
Gopening10 ahead
Fcrowded4 ahead
Copen1 ahead
2028
Gopening5 ahead
Fcrowded3 ahead · multi-yr
Copen0 ahead
2029
Gopen2 ahead
Fopen3 ahead
Copen0 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (11)
Jaron Broomfield6′3″So
River Eberhardt6′5″So
Jaylen Brown6′5″Jr
Zach Skinner6′2″Jr
Dayn Campbell6′0″Fr
Ben Miller6′0″Fr
Jared Similien6′2″Jr
Drew Stack6′3″Sr
Cooper Galdenzi6′3″So
Kyle Winters6′4″Jr
Joshua Petion6′4″Jr
Forwards in that room (4)
Kaosi Chijioke6′7″Jr
Jalen Fleming6′4″Fr
Solomon Mihelcic6′4″Fr
Daniel Nason6′7″Fr
Centers in that room (1)
Leonard Pelzer6′9″Jr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Hartford

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (11 ahead), F blocked (4 ahead · multi-yr), C balanced (1 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 6 arrivals, 5 came straight from high school and 1 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from CT, NY, NJ.

0 of 16 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 16 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

88% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 16 players

Guards 11 of 16

River Eberhardt6′5″So8.8 PPG
Jaylen Brown6′5″Jr
Kyle Winters6′4″Jr14.9 PPG
Joshua Petion6′4″Jr7.8 PPG
Jaron Broomfield6′3″So6.7 PPG
Drew Stack6′3″Sr · final yr10.6 PPG
Cooper Galdenzi6′3″So3.4 PPG
Zach Skinner6′2″Jr0.8 PPG
Jared Similien6′2″Jr
Dayn Campbell6′0″Fr3.4 PPG
Ben Miller6′0″Fr11.8 PPG

Frontcourt 5 of 16 · forwards + centers

Leonard Pelzer6′9″Jr · C3.2 PPG
Kaosi Chijioke6′7″Jr · F11.5 PPG
Daniel Nason6′7″Fr · F1.2 PPG
Jalen Fleming6′4″Fr · F2.6 PPG
Solomon Mihelcic6′4″Fr · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

88%of recorded scoring returns
4 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Kyle Winters14.9 PPG · returning
Ben Miller11.8 PPG · returning
Kaosi Chijioke11.5 PPG · returning

Computed from 13 of 16 players with recorded 2025–26 stats; class years mark who returns.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

5from high school1via the portal

15 of 16 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 16

0 of 16 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

CT 5 · NY 4 · NJ 3 · GA 2 · CA 1 · MA 1

1 international: Berlin

High schools: Baldwin ×2; The MacDuffie School ×2; Greater Atlanta Christian and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2024–25 → 2025–26 · in

→Kyle Winters

2024–25 → 2025–26 · out

←Troy Santos
←Chidera George
←Reggie Selden

How this roster compares

Conference of New England (11 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureHartfordConference
Average guard height6′3″6′1″+2″
Average frontcourt height6′6″6′6″
Roster size1617−1
Freshman share31%35%−4pp

Coaching staff

Matthew KittnerAssistant men's basketball coach
Luke FredsellAssistant men's basketball coach
Staff changes5 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 2 before 2022–23, 1 before 2023–24, 1 before 2024–25, 1 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate96%
SAT midpoint1175
ACT midpoint26

How this page is made: Rosters: official Hartford 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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