D3 · Empire 8

SUNY Poly Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · Empire 8 · Utica, NY

SUNY Poly (D3, Empire 8) lists 17 players on the 2025–26 roster; 10 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster17 players
New this season10
Transfer additions3
Clearest projected openingGuards · 2027
Most common home stateNY (24)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards: open from 2027 — 10 ahead.

Forwards: blocked until 2029.

2026
Gcrowded13 ahead
Fblocked4 ahead · multi-yr
2027
Gopening10 ahead
Fbalanced4 ahead
2028
Gopening6 ahead
Fbalanced2 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopen5 ahead
Fopen2 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (13)
Connor Fulkerson6′1″Fr
Luke Lowry6′4″So
Marqiis Samuels6′1″Jr
Jake Maendel6′2″Fr
Anthony Rose6′4″Sr
Alex Schmidt6′1″Jr
Elijah Smith5′9″Jr
Leighton Williams Jr.5′10″Fr
William Scanlon6′1″Sr
Steven Dowdall6′0″Fr
Brady Eitleman6′3″Fr
Oumaru Hydara6′2″Jr
Brian Bonin6′3″Grad
Forwards in that room (4)
Owen Dake6′5″Fr
Kamryn Comstock6′4″Jr
Maddox Hughey6′6″Fr
Alec Bartone6′6″Jr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at SUNY Poly

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (13 ahead), F blocked (4 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 10 arrivals, 7 came straight from high school and 3 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from NY.

0 of 17 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 17 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

57% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 17 players

Guards 13 of 17

Luke Lowry6′4″So1.6 PPG
Anthony Rose6′4″Sr · final yr19.3 PPG
Brady Eitleman6′3″Fr1.6 PPG
Brian Bonin6′3″Grad · final yr7.6 PPG
Jake Maendel6′2″Fr0.7 PPG
Oumaru Hydara6′2″Jr10.0 PPG
Connor Fulkerson6′1″Fr1.5 PPG
Marqiis Samuels6′1″Jr9.5 PPG
Alex Schmidt6′1″Jr
William Scanlon6′1″Sr · final yr7.9 PPG
Steven Dowdall6′0″Fr1.4 PPG
Leighton Williams Jr.5′10″Fr1.4 PPG
Elijah Smith5′9″Jr1.3 PPG

Frontcourt 4 of 17 · forwards + centers

Maddox Hughey6′6″Fr · F2.4 PPG
Alec Bartone6′6″Jr · F2.8 PPG
Owen Dake6′5″Fr · F1.1 PPG
Kamryn Comstock6′4″Jr · F10.6 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

57%of recorded scoring returns
3 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Kamryn Comstock10.6 PPG · returning
Oumaru Hydara10.0 PPG · returning
Marqiis Samuels9.5 PPG · returning

Computed from 16 of 17 players with recorded 2025–26 stats; class years mark who returns.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

7from high school3via the portal

14 of 17 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 17

0 of 17 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

NY 24

High schools: Fannie Lou Hamer HS; Utica Academy of Science; Schalmont HS and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2024–25 → 2025–26 · in

→Marqiis Samuels
→Oumaru Hydara
→Brian Bonin

2024–25 → 2025–26 · out

←Milan Harricharan
←LaMarqus Merchant Jr.
←Dylan Ernst
←Jarrett Wilbur
←Cheickne Toure
←Daimarr Miller
←Rowan Lane

How this roster compares

Empire 8 (12 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureSUNY PolyConference
Average guard height6′1″6′1″
Average frontcourt height6′5″6′5″
Roster size1718−1
Freshman share41%32%+9pp

Coaching staff

Rob SchoenerHead men's basketball coach
Malik JohnsonAssistant men's basketball coach
Jesse O'DellAssistant men's basketball coach
Staff changes1 on-court staff change in 3 offseasons — 1 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate81%
SAT midpoint1220
ACT midpoint27

How this page is made: Rosters: official SUNY Poly rosters, 2024–25 and 2025–26, read from the athletic department's own site · New this season: players not listed on the 2024–25 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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