D3 · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

Mount St. Joseph Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Cincinnati, OH

Mount St. Joseph (D3, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference) lists 20 players on the 2026–27 roster; 6 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster20 players
New this season6
Transfer additions3
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2029
Most common home stateKY (9)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2029 — 9 ahead.

2026
Gblocked12 ahead · multi-yr
Fblocked5 ahead
2027
Gblocked13 ahead
Fblocked7 ahead
2028
Gcrowded12 ahead
Fcrowded6 ahead
2029
Gopening9 ahead
Fopening5 ahead
2030
Gopen2 ahead
Fopen1 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (13)
Blaine Ward6′1″So
Cooper Ollis6′3″So
Luke Arlinghaus5′11″Fr
Landon Warner6′6″So
Joe Brand6′0″Jr
Jason Lavender6′3″Sr
Griffen Derry6′4″So
Eli Watkins6′3″So
Jay Bilton5′10″So
Kyle Havens6′1″Jr
Nate Rominger6′3″Fr
Michael Loftis5′11″Jr
Eric Brenner6′2″So
Forwards in that room (7)
Braden Miller6′6″Sr
Joel Katembo6′7″Jr
Bode Stone6′9″So
Cam Craig6′5″So
Collin Buck6′6″So
Tyson Daley6′5″Fr
Landon Kidwell6′6″So
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Mount St. Joseph

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (12 ahead · multi-yr), F blocked (5 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 6 arrivals, 3 came straight from high school and 3 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from KY, OH, IN.

0 of 20 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 20 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

85% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 20 players

Guards 13 of 20

Landon Warner6′6″So
Griffen Derry6′4″So6.1 PPG
Cooper Ollis6′3″So11.7 PPG
Jason Lavender6′3″Sr · final yr11.2 PPG
Eli Watkins6′3″So
Nate Rominger6′3″Fr
Eric Brenner6′2″So0.0 PPG
Blaine Ward6′1″So2.2 PPG
Kyle Havens6′1″Jr
Joe Brand6′0″Jr10.3 PPG
Luke Arlinghaus5′11″Fr
Michael Loftis5′11″Jr7.7 PPG
Jay Bilton5′10″So4.3 PPG

Frontcourt 7 of 20 · forwards + centers

Bode Stone6′9″So · F
Joel Katembo6′7″Jr · F
Braden Miller6′6″Sr · F · final yr3.0 PPG
Collin Buck6′6″So · F
Landon Kidwell6′6″So · F
Cam Craig6′5″So · F3.2 PPG
Tyson Daley6′5″Fr · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

85%of recorded scoring returns
4 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Cooper Ollis11.7 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Jason Lavender11.2 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Joe Brand10.3 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 13 of 18 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

3from high school3via the portal

17 of 20 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 20

0 of 20 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

KY 9 · OH 7 · IN 5

2 international: Cincinnati, Ohio; Trenton, Ohio

High schools: Holy Cross ×3; Simon Kenton ×2; Alter and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Joel Katembo
→Bode Stone
→Kyle Havens

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Corey Rogers
←Philip Kahn

How this roster compares

Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (9 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureMount St. JosephConference
Average guard height6′2″6′1″+1″
Average frontcourt height6′6″6′5″+1″
Roster size2018+2
Freshman share15%39%−24pp

Coaching staff

Scott BaumanAssociate head coach
Jason MillerAssistant coach
Toby CarriganHead coach
Staff changes2 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 2 before 2026–27.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate59%
SAT midpoint1106
ACT midpoint24

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