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Indiana State Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #210 · 11–21 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · Missouri Valley Conference · Terre Haute, IN

Indiana State finished 11–21 (MVC 9th, KenPom #210) in 2025–26. 16 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 15 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster16 players
New this season15
Transfer additions10
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2029
Most common home stateIN (5)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2029 — 7 ahead.

2027
Gcrowded11 ahead
Fblocked5 ahead
2028
Gcrowded7 ahead · multi-yr
Fbalanced4 ahead
2029
Gopening7 ahead
Fopening3 ahead
2030
Gopen4 ahead
Fopen2 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (11)
Karmani Gregory6′1″RS-Sr
Martin Kaupanger6′4″RS-Fr
Chance Puryear6′7″RS-So
Greyson Pritzl6′4″Sr
DeShawn Denson II6′3″Fr
EJ McQuillan6′4″Sr
Meechie White6′1″Sr
Ian Thomas6′2″Fr
Duce Paschal6′5″So
Maguire Mitchell6′5″So
EJ Hazelett6′7″Fr
Forwards in that room (5)
Kingston Land6′10″Fr
Kade Speckman6′9″Fr
Aleksa Vlajic6′9″So
Jackson Cooper6′7″Sr
Alessio Calamita6′10″Jr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Indiana State

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (11 ahead), F blocked (5 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 16 arrivals, 6 came straight from high school and 10 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from IN, OR, TX.

4 of 16 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 4 of 16 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

0% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 16 players

Guards 11 of 16

Chance Puryear6′7″RS-So
EJ Hazelett6′7″Fr
Duce Paschal6′5″So
Maguire Mitchell6′5″So
Martin Kaupanger6′4″RS-Fr
Greyson Pritzl6′4″Sr · final yr
EJ McQuillan6′4″Sr · final yr
DeShawn Denson II6′3″Fr
Ian Thomas6′2″Fr
Karmani Gregory6′1″RS-Sr · final yr
Meechie White6′1″Sr · final yr

Frontcourt 5 of 16 · forwards + centers

Kingston Land6′10″Fr · F
Alessio Calamita6′10″Jr · F
Kade Speckman6′9″Fr · F
Aleksa Vlajic6′9″So · F
Jackson Cooper6′7″Sr · F · final yr
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

0%of recorded scoring returns
0 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers

Computed from 14 of 16 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 school10via the portal

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

Rankings

4 of 16

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

Best-ranked: EJ Hazelett #239.

Where from

IN 5 · OR 2 · TX 2 · CO 1 · FL 1 · GA 1

9 international: Belgrade; Barcelona; Oslo, Norway; Harford Village and 5 more

High schools: Noblesville; Toronto Basketball Academy; Edgewood and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Karmani Gregory
→Chance Puryear
→Greyson Pritzl
→Aleksa Vlajic
→EJ McQuillan
→Meechie White
→Duce Paschal
→Jackson Cooper
→Maguire Mitchell
→Alessio Calamita

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Caden Huttenlocker
←Enel St. Bernard
←Hunter Harding
←Sivert Wærstad Nordheim
←Bruno Alocen
←Camp Wagner
←Jayan Walker
←Cooper Bean
←Jo Van Buggenhout
←Derek Vorst

How this roster compares

Missouri Valley Conference (11 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureIndiana StateConference
Average guard height6′4″6′4″
Average frontcourt height6′9″6′9″
Roster size1615+1
Freshman share38%31%+7pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#2042021–22#952022–23#422023–24#1962024–25#2102025–26
11–20 · MVC 8th23–13 · MVC 3rd32–7 · MVC 1st14–18 · MVC 9th11–21 · MVC 9th

Coaching staff

Matthew GravesHead coach
Mark SlessingerAssociate head coach
Byron JonesAssistant coach
Jake OdumAssistant coach
Bradley FeigAssistant coach
Isaiah TisdaleAssistant coach
Marc MitchellHead coach / 8233
Staff changes9 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 2 before 2023–24, 4 before 2024–25, 2 before 2025–26, 1 before 2026–27.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate81%

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