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Northeastern Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #294 · 7–24 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · Coastal Athletic Association · Boston, MA

Northeastern finished 7–24 (CAA 11th, KenPom #294) in 2025–26. 14 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 9 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster14 players
New this season9
Transfer additions3
Clearest projected openingGuards and Centers · 2029
Most common home stateMA (3)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Centers: open from 2029 — 5 ahead.

Forwards: blocked until 2030.

2026
Gblocked8 ahead
Fbalanced4 ahead
Ccrowded2 ahead · multi-yr
2027
Gcrowded8 ahead
Fblocked4 ahead · multi-yr
Ccrowded2 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gcrowded6 ahead
Fblocked4 ahead · multi-yr
Ccrowded2 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopening5 ahead
Fcrowded4 ahead
Copen2 ahead
2030
Gopen3 ahead
Fopen3 ahead
Copen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (8)
Dorian Grosber6′6″Fr
Danny Houlihan6′4″Fr
Josh Goodwin6′5″Fr
Ryan Williams6′4″Jr
Mike Loughnane6′4″Sr
Rashad King6′6″Grad
Louis Bond6′6″So
Miles Newton6′3″So
Forwards in that room (4)
Jovan Ićitović6′8″Fr
Sage Baptiste6′5″Fr
Damian Jung6′10″Fr
Brayden Young6′10″So
Centers in that room (2)
Petar Pinter6′11″So
Liam Koelsch6′9″So
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Northeastern

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (8 ahead), F balanced (4 ahead), C crowded (2 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 9 arrivals, 6 came straight from high school and 3 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from MA, NY, TX.

1 of 14 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 1 of 14 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 14 players

Guards 8 of 14

Dorian Grosber6′6″Fr
Rashad King6′6″Grad · final yr
Louis Bond6′6″So
Josh Goodwin6′5″Fr
Danny Houlihan6′4″Fr
Ryan Williams6′4″Jr
Mike Loughnane6′4″Sr · final yr
Miles Newton6′3″So

Frontcourt 6 of 14 · forwards + centers

Petar Pinter6′11″So · C
Damian Jung6′10″Fr · F
Brayden Young6′10″So · F
Liam Koelsch6′9″So · C
Jovan Ićitović6′8″Fr · F
Sage Baptiste6′5″Fr · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

6from high school3via the portal

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

Rankings

1 of 14

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

Best-ranked: Josh Goodwin #343.

Where from

MA 3 · NY 2 · TX 2 · CA 1 · GA 1 · IL 1

8 international: Tiel; Nikšic; Belgrade; Bad Kreuznach and 4 more

High schools: Bishop O'Connell High School; Boston College High School; Breck School and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Rashad King
→Louis Bond
→Brayden Young

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←JB Frankel
←Luca Soroa Schaller
←Ty Francis
←Xavier Abreu
←Xander Alarie
←William Kermoury

How this roster compares

Coastal Athletic Association (13 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureNortheasternConference
Average guard height6′5″6′4″+1″
Average frontcourt height6′9″6′9″
Roster size1415−1
Freshman share43%21%+22pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#2332021–22#3032022–23#2122023–24#1932024–25#2942025–26
9–22 · CAA 8th10–20 · CAA 7th12–20 · CAA 9th17–15 · CAA 5th7–24 · CAA 11th

Coaching staff

Bill CoenHead coach
Matt JanningAssistant coach
Brian McDonaldAssistant coach
Joel SmithAssistant coach
Staff changes1 on-court staff change in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2024–25.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate5%
SAT midpoint1490
ACT midpoint34

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