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UMass Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #175 · 17–16 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · Mid-American Conference · Amherst, MA

UMass finished 17–16 (MAC 6th, KenPom #175) in 2025–26. 15 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 8 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster15 players
New this season8
Transfer additions2
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2029
Most common home stateMA (4)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2029 — 5 ahead.

2027
Gcrowded8 ahead
Fblocked7 ahead
2028
Gcrowded6 ahead
Fbalanced6 ahead
2029
Gopening5 ahead
Fopening4 ahead
2030
Gopen3 ahead
Fopen3 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (8)
Jayden Ndjigue6′4″Sr
Cam Hailey5′11″Fr
Rollie Castineyra6′2″RS-Jr
Christian Martin6′4″Fr
Danny Carbuccia5′11″So
Josh Engel6′0″RS-So
Noa Zemljic6′5″Fr
Jordan Clayton6′2″Sr
Forwards in that room (7)
Cheick Sylla6′9″Fr
Luka Damjanac6′10″Jr
Junjie Wang6′9″Fr
Abdullah Ahmed6′10″Jr
Dwayne Wimbley Jr.6′6″So
Dimitri Clerc6′10″Sr
Heimir Helgason6′9″Fr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at UMass

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (8 ahead), F blocked (7 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 8 arrivals, 6 came straight from high school and 2 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from MA, FL, GA.

6 of 15 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 6 of 15 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

25% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 15 players

Guards 8 of 15

Noa Zemljic6′5″Fr
Jayden Ndjigue6′4″Sr · final yr6.5 PPG
Christian Martin6′4″Fr
Rollie Castineyra6′2″RS-Jr
Jordan Clayton6′2″Sr · final yr
Josh Engel6′0″RS-So
Cam Hailey5′11″Fr
Danny Carbuccia5′11″So6.8 PPG

Frontcourt 7 of 15 · forwards + centers

Luka Damjanac6′10″Jr · F2.4 PPG
Abdullah Ahmed6′10″Jr · F
Dimitri Clerc6′10″Sr · F · final yr3.2 PPG
Cheick Sylla6′9″Fr · F
Junjie Wang6′9″Fr · F
Heimir Helgason6′9″Fr · F
Dwayne Wimbley Jr.6′6″So · F2.3 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

25%of recorded scoring returns
1 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Danny Carbuccia6.8 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Jayden Ndjigue6.5 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Dimitri Clerc3.2 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

6from high school2via the portal

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

Rankings

6 of 15

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

Best-ranked: Dwayne Wimbley Jr. #217.

Where from

MA 4 · FL 3 · GA 1 · IL 1 · ME 1 · NC 1

8 international: Lausanne; Roncade; Cairo, Egypt; Zagreb and 4 more

High schools: Phillips Exeter Academy (N.H.); Wilbraham & Monson Academy; Ranney School and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Abdullah Ahmed
→Jordan Clayton

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Charles Outlaw
←Bilal Osman
←K'Jei Parker

How this roster compares

Mid-American Conference (12 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureUMassConference
Average guard height6′2″6′3″−1″
Average frontcourt height6′9″6′9″
Roster size1514+1
Freshman share40%35%+5pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#1922021–22#2142022–23#962023–24#2232024–25#175→ moved to the MAC2025–26
15–17 · A-10 11th15–16 · A-10 13th20–11 · A-10 7th12–20 · A-10 13th17–16 · MAC 6th

Coaching staff

Frank MartinChampions center / head coach / @coachFMartin
Allen EdwardsChampions center / associate head coach / @allen_edwards
Brian SteeleChampions center / assistant coach / @BSteeleUMass
Matt FiggerChampions center / assistant coach
Staff changes2 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2023–24, 1 before 2024–25.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate60%
SAT midpoint1355
ACT midpoint31

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