D1 · West Coast Conference

Pepperdine Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #260 · 9–23 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · West Coast Conference · Malibu, CA

Pepperdine finished 9–23 (WCC 12th, KenPom #260) in 2025–26. 16 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 14 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster16 players
New this season14
Transfer additions7
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2030
Most common home stateCA (6)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2030 — 5 ahead.

2027
Gblocked7 ahead
Fcrowded4 ahead
2028
Gcrowded6 ahead
Fbalanced3 ahead
2029
Gcrowded5 ahead · multi-yr
Fbalanced2 ahead · multi-yr
2030
Gopen5 ahead
Fopen2 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (9)
Evan Haywood6′4″Jr
Oren Sahar6′4″Fr
David Mager6′4″RS-Sr
Alex Constanza6′8″Fr
Colin Chou6′5″Fr
Dontae Russo-Nance6′3″Fr
Anto Balian6′1″RS-Fr
Jahari Williamson6′1″Sr
Will McClendon6′3″Grad
Forwards in that room (6)
Petar Majstorovic6′8″Jr
Ethan Meuser6′8″Grad
Anthony Robinson6′10″RS-Jr
Ben Fox6′0″Senior
Faruk Biberovic6′10″Fr
Oliver Kanden6′6″Fr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Pepperdine

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (7 ahead), F crowded (4 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 15 arrivals, 8 came straight from high school and 7 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from CA, IL, IN.

3 of 16 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 3 of 16 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

6% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 16 players

Guards 9 of 16

Alex Constanza6′8″Fr
Colin Chou6′5″Fr
Evan Haywood6′4″Jr
Oren Sahar6′4″Fr
David Mager6′4″RS-Sr · final yr4.4 PPG
Dontae Russo-Nance6′3″Fr
Will McClendon6′3″Grad · final yr
Anto Balian6′1″RS-Fr
Jahari Williamson6′1″Sr · final yr

Frontcourt 7 of 16 · forwards + centers

Anthony Robinson6′10″RS-Jr · F
Faruk Biberovic6′10″Fr · F
Petar Majstorovic6′8″Jr · F
Ethan Meuser6′8″Grad · F · final yr
Oliver Kanden6′6″Fr · F
Luis Hurtado6′1″Freshman · C
Ben Fox6′0″Senior · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

6%of recorded scoring returns
0 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
David Mager4.4 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 12 of 15 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

8from high school7via the portal

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

Rankings

3 of 16

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

Best-ranked: Alex Constanza #63.

Where from

CA 6 · IL 2 · IN 2 · PA 2 · AZ 1 · CO 1

12 international: Hod HaSharon, Israel; Belgrade; Pickering, Canada; Niš, Serbia and 8 more

High schools: Brewster Academy; St. Rita; Ivanka Gajic and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Evan Haywood
→Petar Majstorovic
→Ethan Meuser
→Anthony Robinson
→Ben Fox
→Jahari Williamson
→Will McClendon

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Yonatan Levy
←Vladimir Sudar
←Ty Virgil
←Aaron Clark
←Luka Vudragovic
←Nikola Radovanovic
←Pavle Stosic
←Styles Phipps
←Stefan Cicic
←Danilo Dozic
←Pasha Shemirani

How this roster compares

West Coast Conference (10 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasurePepperdineConference
Average guard height6′4″6′4″
Average frontcourt height6′6″6′9″−3″
Roster size1616
Freshman share50%32%+18pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#2632021–22#1892022–23#1862023–24#2002024–25#2602025–26
7–25 · WCC 9th9–22 · WCC 9th13–20 · WCC 6th13–22 · WCC 8th9–23 · WCC 12th

Coaching staff

Griff AldrichHead coach
Dan EngelstadAssociate head coach
Ryan OliverAssistant coach
Matt PalumboAssistant coach
Noah RalbyAssistant coach
Chase ColemanAssistant coach
Graham BousleyAssistant coach
Staff changes20 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2023–24, 6 before 2024–25, 13 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate63%
SAT midpoint1350
ACT midpoint28

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