D2 · Great Northwest Athletic Conference

MSU Billings Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 2 · Great Northwest Athletic Conference · Billings, MT

MSU Billings (D2, Great Northwest Athletic Conference) lists 14 players on the 2026–27 roster; 10 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster14 players
New this season10
Transfer additions8
Clearest projected openingForwards · 2027
Most common home stateMT (8)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Forwards: open from 2027 — 3 ahead.

Guards: blocked until 2028.

2027
Gcrowded9 ahead
Fopening3 ahead
2028
Gopening6 ahead
Fopen1 ahead
2029
Gopen2 ahead
Fopen0 ahead
2030
Gopen0 ahead
Fopen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (9)
Jefferson Neary6′2″Sr
Rhyse Owens6′2″So
Conner Oertel6′3″Jr
Braydon Olson6′3″Jr
Lane Love6′5″So
Fischer Brown6′4″Jr
Eino Montin6′1″Jr
Ty Cox6′5″Sr
Jonas La Tour6′6″Sr
Forwards in that room (3)
Croix Cox6′9″Sr
Joel Brown6′9″Jr
Cory Lovell6′9″Sr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at MSU Billings

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (9 ahead), F opening (3 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 10 arrivals, 2 came straight from high school and 8 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from MT, WA, TX.

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.

25% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 14 players

Guards 9 of 14

Jonas La Tour6′6″Sr · final yr9.4 PPG
Lane Love6′5″So
Ty Cox6′5″Sr · final yr3.2 PPG
Fischer Brown6′4″Jr
Conner Oertel6′3″Jr
Braydon Olson6′3″Jr
Jefferson Neary6′2″Sr · final yr
Rhyse Owens6′2″So1.0 PPG
Eino Montin6′1″Jr

Frontcourt 3 of 14 · forwards + centers

Croix Cox6′9″Sr · F · final yr9.8 PPG
Joel Brown6′9″Jr · F
Cory Lovell6′9″Sr · F · final yr
2 without a listed position:Zakai Owens 6′8″ · FrChase Bad Bear 6′7″ · Fr
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

25%of recorded scoring returns
2 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Croix Cox9.8 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Jonas La Tour9.4 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Ty Cox3.2 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 13 of 13 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

2from high school8via the portal

6 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

MT 8 · WA 4 · TX 2 · MO 1 · OR 1 · WY 1

6 international: Oulu; London; Nottingham; Hyères and 2 more

High schools: Skyview High School ×3; Mission Vista High School ×2; North Kitsap High School and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Jefferson Neary
→Conner Oertel
→Braydon Olson
→Lane Love
→Joel Brown
→Fischer Brown
→Cory Lovell
→Eino Montin

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Cam Malray
←Miles Gurske
←Cooper Tyson
←Jesiah Stutts
←Gabe Hatler

How this roster compares

Great Northwest Athletic Conference (10 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureMSU BillingsConference
Average guard height6′3″6′3″
Average frontcourt height6′9″6′8″+1″
Roster size1416−2
Freshman share14%27%−13pp

Coaching staff

Zharon RichmondAssistant men's basketball coach
Luke FennellyHead men's basketball coach
Bruce ChavkaAssistant men's basketball coach
MSU BillingsJaniel (olson) begger / assistant women's basketball coach / billings, MT
Staff changes3 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2023–24, 1 before 2025–26, 1 before 2026–27.

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