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Compare two college basketball programs
Pick two programs and see them side by side, from their own rosters: how many players they list, how tall the guards and the frontcourt run, how much of the roster is new this season, how many are in their final year, and where the players come from. 929 programs at 2025–26: 330 in Division I, 254 in Division II, 345 in Division III.
These are players who made a college roster. The data does not see the players who didn't — so it answers "what does this roster look like?", never "what do you need to be to play here?"
Two programs
· the table reads the second against the first · 929 programs to choose from
| Measure, 2025–26 | North Carolina | Mississippi State | Second against first |
|---|---|---|---|
| Players listed | 16 | 15 | −1 |
| Average guard height | 6'4" | 6'4" | same |
| Average frontcourt height | 6'10" | 6'10" | same |
| Freshmen | 3 | 4 | +1 |
| Freshman share | 19% | 27% | +8 pts |
| New this season | 12 | 11 | −1 |
| Share of roster new | 75% | 73% | −2 pts |
| Seniors and graduates | 2 | 6 | +4 |
| Final-year share | 13% | 40% | +27 pts |
| Underclassmen who left last season | 8 | 9 | +1 |
| …of whom now on another roster | 5 | 7 | +2 |
| From in state | 38% | 20% | −18 pts |
| From outside the US | 19% | 20% | +1 pts |
What this does not tell you
- It compares two rosters as their athletics sites list them. It says nothing about playing time, offers or fit — your report does.
- Heights are listed heights. "New this season" means a player who was not on this program's roster last season, by id or by name on the same roster.
- Hometown shares are of the players whose hometown we hold; a roster that lists none shows a dash.
- A program appears only when its roster was at strength (8 or more listed) in 2025–26 and 2024–25, and lists heights for both its guards and its frontcourt. 131 of the 1,060 programs we hold do not, this season.
Your Recruiting Fit Report ranks 40 programs against your real numbers, with the reasoning shown.
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The numbers behind this
- College basketball positions and forward size by conferenceD1 forwards average 6'7" (Atlantic Sun Conference) to 6'9" (Big 12 Conference), from 16,511 2025–26 roster spots.
- What a college basketball roster looks like: size and position mix by levelD1 rosters list 15 players on average, D2 16, D3 17 — and guards are about two-thirds of every roster. From 1,017 programs' 2025–26 rosters, with the walk-on and redshirt caveat every parent should know.
- Which college basketball programs have the most roster turnover? New players and early departures, by program955 NCAA programs ranked by the share of their 2025–26 roster that was not on it in 2024–25: the median is 64% new in D1, 54% in D2, 44% in D3; 572 programs replaced half or more; 49% of last season's underclassmen did not return to the same roster.
How this is worked out
- Season
- 2025–26, the newest season every program has posted; last season is 2024–25.
- Sources
- The same computations as the live pages: programs losing the most seniors (final-year share), programs with the most roster turnover (new, left early, elsewhere), the class-year page (freshmen), how far from home players play (in-state, international), and each program's own page (guard and frontcourt heights).
- Floors
- 8 listed players a season; heights between 5'0" and 7'6"; a hometown share needs at least one placeable hometown.
- Refresh
- Rebuilt with the library's quarterly refresh from the same rule, so a program can enter or leave as its roster is posted.