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Niagara Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #333 · 8–22 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference · Niagara University, NY

Niagara finished 8–22 (MAAC 11th, KenPom #333) in 2025–26. 14 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 12 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster14 players
New this season12
Transfer additions8
Clearest projected openingGuards · 2028
Most common home stateTX (3)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards: open from 2028 — 5 ahead.

Forwards: blocked until 2030.

2026
Gblocked6 ahead
Fblocked6 ahead
2027
Gbalanced9 ahead
Fblocked5 ahead
2028
Gopening5 ahead
Fblocked4 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopening3 ahead
Fbalanced4 ahead
2030
Gopen1 ahead
Fopen3 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (9)
Tae Blackshear6′6″Sr
Bastien Rieber6′2″Jr
Cole Farrell6′5″Fifth Year
Jackson Redmond6′4″Jr
Ruey Ruey6′5″Fr
Trenton Walters5′9″Sr
Gael Dalmau6′6″So
Logan Woods6′5″Fifth Year
Samuele Miccoli6′3″So
Forwards in that room (5)
Fidel Rotta6′9″Fr
Daniel Emokhare6′8″Fr
Vukasin Todorovic6′8″So
Noah Slingerland6′7″Sr
Brian Angeletti6′8″Fr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Niagara

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (6 ahead), F blocked (6 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 12 arrivals, 4 came straight from high school and 8 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from TX, OH, CO.

2 of 14 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 2 of 14 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

10% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 14 players

Guards 9 of 14

Tae Blackshear6′6″Sr · final yr
Gael Dalmau6′6″So
Cole Farrell6′5″Fifth Year
Ruey Ruey6′5″Fr
Logan Woods6′5″Fifth Year
Jackson Redmond6′4″Jr
Samuele Miccoli6′3″So
Bastien Rieber6′2″Jr
Trenton Walters5′9″Sr · final yr7.2 PPG

Frontcourt 5 of 14 · forwards + centers

Fidel Rotta6′9″Fr · F
Daniel Emokhare6′8″Fr · F
Vukasin Todorovic6′8″So · F
Brian Angeletti6′8″Fr · F
Noah Slingerland6′7″Sr · F · final yr
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

10%of recorded scoring returns
1 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Trenton Walters7.2 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 12 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

4from high school8via the portal

6 of 14 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

2 of 14

2 of 14 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Best-ranked: Ruey Ruey #329.

Where from

TX 3 · OH 2 · CO 1 · FL 1 · GA 1 · IL 1

11 international: Riedisheim; Chieti; Sydney; Guaynabo and 7 more

High schools: Archbishop Moeller; IMG Academy; North Farmington and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Tae Blackshear
→Bastien Rieber
→Cole Farrell
→Jackson Redmond
→Vukasin Todorovic
→Logan Woods
→Samuele Miccoli
→Noah Slingerland

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Drew Larson
←Brian Griffith
←AJ McBride
←Vice Zanki
←Justin Page
←Landon Williams
←Josiah Sabino
←Will Shortt

How this roster compares

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (13 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureNiagaraConference
Average guard height6′4″6′3″+1″
Average frontcourt height6′8″6′8″
Roster size1416−2
Freshman share29%21%+8pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#2112021–22#2572022–23#2882023–24#3302024–25#3332025–26
14–16 · MAAC 4th16–15 · MAAC 7th16–16 · MAAC 9th11–20 · MAAC 11th8–22 · MAAC 11th

Coaching staff

Greg PaulusHead coach
Chris BuchananAssistant coach
Will HollandAssistant coach
Jake PresuttiAssistant coach
Charles ChigeruAssistant coach
Staff changes6 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 3 before 2023–24, 1 before 2024–25, 2 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate87%
SAT midpoint1147
ACT midpoint25

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