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Prairie View A&M Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #280 · 19–18 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · Southwestern Athletic Conference · Prairie View, TX

Prairie View A&M finished 19–18 (SWAC 3rd, KenPom #280) in 2025–26. 15 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 4 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster15 players
New this season4
Transfer additions4
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2026
Most common home stateTX (5)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2026 — 6 ahead.

Centers: blocked until 2029.

2026
Gopening6 ahead
Fopening5 ahead
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2027
Gopening8 ahead
Fopening5 ahead
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gopening3 ahead
Fopen1 ahead
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopen1 ahead
Fopen0 ahead
Copen1 ahead
2030
Gopen0 ahead
Fopen0 ahead
Copen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (8)
Jannoy Thomas5′11″Jr
Tai'Reon Joseph6′3″Sr
Dontae Horne6′4″Sr
Lance Williams6′1″Sr
Elijah Mitchell6′5″So
Isaiah Foster6′1″Jr
Doug Young6′0″Sr
Joey Madimba6′5″Sr
Forwards in that room (6)
Cory Wells6′7″Sr
Marcel Bryant6′7″Jr
Seryee Lewis6′9″Sr
Corey Dunning6′9″Sr
Keeshawn Mason6′8″Sr
Hassane Diallo6′8″Jr
Centers in that room (1)
Ryan Bolton, Jr.6′10″So
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If you want to play at Prairie View A&M

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For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G opening (6 ahead), F opening (5 ahead), C balanced (1 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 4 arrivals, 0 came straight from high school and 4 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from TX, LA, GA.

2 of 15 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 2 of 15 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

97% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 15 players · roster via ESPN — the school's site had not posted it

Guards 8 of 15

Elijah Mitchell6′5″So2.4 PPG
Joey Madimba6′5″Sr · final yr8.1 PPG
Dontae Horne6′4″Sr · final yr20.1 PPG
Tai'Reon Joseph6′3″Sr · final yr17.7 PPG
Lance Williams6′1″Sr · final yr10.1 PPG
Isaiah Foster6′1″Jr1.7 PPG
Doug Young6′0″Sr · final yr
Jannoy Thomas5′11″Jr2.2 PPG

Frontcourt 7 of 15 · forwards + centers

Ryan Bolton, Jr.6′10″So · C
Seryee Lewis6′9″Sr · F · final yr1.6 PPG
Corey Dunning6′9″Sr · F · final yr1.2 PPG
Keeshawn Mason6′8″Sr · F · final yr4.6 PPG
Hassane Diallo6′8″Jr · F3.0 PPG
Cory Wells6′7″Sr · F · final yr13.2 PPG
Marcel Bryant6′7″Jr · F6.5 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

97%of recorded scoring returns
5 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Dontae Horne20.1 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Tai'Reon Joseph17.7 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Cory Wells13.2 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 11 of 12 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

0from high school4via the portal

11 of 15 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

2 of 15

2 of 15 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Best-ranked: Isaiah Foster #329.

Where from

TX 5 · LA 3 · GA 2 · FL 1 · IL 1 · OK 1

1 international: Toronto

High schools: Cedar Ridge High School

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Seryee Lewis
→Isaiah Foster
→Doug Young
→Hassane Diallo

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Hassane Diallo

How this roster compares

Southwestern Athletic Conference (12 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasurePrairie View A&MConference
Average guard height6′2″6′4″−2″
Average frontcourt height6′8″6′8″
Roster size1515
Freshman share0%18%−18pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#2802021–22#2742022–23#3422023–24#3562024–25#2802025–26
8–19 · SWAC 4th13–19 · SWAC 3rd10–21 · SWAC 11th5–27 · SWAC 9th19–18 · SWAC 3rd

Coaching staff

Byron SmithHead coach
Spencer RobertsonMen's assistant coach
Keith BerardAssistant men's basketball coach
Staff changes3 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 2 before 2024–25, 1 before 2026–27.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate79%
SAT midpoint945
ACT midpoint19

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