2025-26 Gopher Mens Basketball Roster

[60's Guy]

I'm not the guy to do this but we need one spot to see who we got... So:
1 Isaac Asuma 6-3 FR GOPHERS 5.6 ppg 2.9 reb
2 Grayson Grove 6-9 FR GOPHERS Injured
3 Kai Shinholster. incoming Freshman
4. Jaylin Crocker-Johnson 6-8 Soph from Colorado St avg 9 ppg 4.4 Reb
5. Robert Vaihola 6-8 JR from San Jose St avg 7.5 ppg 7.5 reb
6. BJ Omot 6-8 JR from California Bears avg 10.8 ppg 3 reb
7. Bobby Durkin 6-7 Soph from Davidson avg 13.5 ppg 5.9 reb

Proposed new Men's Scholarship limit is 15. It was 13 for men. No walk-ons allowed beyond 15 scholarships.

Who is missing? I'll try and add late night updates as we sign people.

 

[golfing18now]

I'm not the guy to do this but we need one spot to see who we got... So:
1 Asuma
2 Grove
3 Kai Shinholster. Freshman
4. Jaylin Crocker-Johnson
5. Robert Vaihola
6. BJ Omot
7. Bobby Durkin

Who is missing? I'll try and add late night updates as we sign people.

@Otis is also doing this in the Niko's Roster Construction thread. Updating the first post.

 

[60's Guy]

For comparison...Iowa and Ben McCollum also need an entire roster:
April 13th and my research says so far only 5 Drake players have followed their coach to Iowa:
Tavion Banks
Kael Combs
Isaia Howard
Cam Manyawu
Bennett Stirtz

Xavier and Richard Pitino need an entire roster:
1. Tre Carroll - Florida Atlantic 6-7 JR 12.2 ppg and 5.2 reb Punta Gorda, FL
2. Filip Borovicnin - New Mexico 6-9 JR 5.9 ppg 4.6 reb. Belgrade, Serbia
3. All Wright - Valparaiso 6-3 FR 15.5 ppg 2.2 reb. Durango, Mexico
4. Anthony Robinson - Virginia 6-10 FR 3.6 ppg 2.4 reb. Peachtree City, Georgia
5. Jovan Milicevic - New Mexico 6-10 FR 3.8 ppg 2 reb. Toronto, Canada
6. Pape N'Diaye - UNLV 7-0 FR 2.7 ppg 3.7 reb. Abidjan, Ivory Coast
7. Gabriel Pozzato - Evansville 6-7 FR 14.9 ppg 4.4 reb Rome. Italy via Australia

Interesting to me... ROSTER Construction: 5 Freshmen Transfers so far and 5 players with the foreign country NIL angle
3 double figure college scorers of the first 7 guys and 6 are 6-7 or taller of the first 7 guys

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

For comparison...Iowa and Ben McCollum also need an entire roster:
April 13th and my research says so far only 5 Drake players have followed their coach to Iowa:
Tavion Banks
Kael Combs
Isaia Howard
Cam Manyawu
Bennett Stirtz

Xavier and Richard Pitino need an entire roster:
1. Tre Carroll - Florida Atlantic 6-7 JR 12.2 ppg and 5.2 reb Punta Gorda, FL
2. Filip Borovicnin - New Mexico 6-9 JR 5.9 ppg 4.6 reb. Belgrade, Serbia
3. All Wright - Valparaiso 6-3 FR 15.5 ppg 2.2 reb. Durango, Mexico
4. Anthony Robinson - Virginia 6-10 FR 3.6 ppg 2.4 reb. Peachtree City, Georgia
5. Jovan Milicevic - New Mexico 6-10 FR 3.8 ppg 2 reb. Toronto, Canada
6. Pape N'Diaye - UNLV 7-0 FR 2.7 ppg 3.7 reb. Abidjan, Ivory Coast
7. Gabriel Pozzato - Evansville 6-7 FR 14.9 ppg 4.4 reb Rome. Italy via Australia

Interesting to me... ROSTER Construction: 5 Freshmen Transfers so far and 5 players with the foreign country NIL angle
3 double figure college scorers of the first 7 guys and 6 are 6-7 or taller of the first 7 guys

As far as I can see, Rutgers has lost 8 of their top 11 due to NBA, eligibility, and the transfer portal. So far they've picked up only one player from the portal.

Penn State returns two starters (including their very good center) but little else and they haven't picked up a player from the portal yet. They do appear to have a pretty decent incoming freshman class.

 

[Holy Man]

As far as I can see, Rutgers has lost 8 of their top 11 due to NBA, eligibility, and the transfer portal. So far they've picked up only one player from the portal.

Penn State returns two starters (including their very good center) but little else and they haven't picked up a player from the portal yet. They do appear to have a pretty decent incoming freshman class.

Are their fans panicking yet?

 

[FinnGopher]

Are their fans panicking yet?

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

Are their fans panicking yet?

Don't know. Haven't gone to the Rutgers forum site. I did look up their freshmen recruits and they do have 4 incoming freshmen and two of them are 4 stars. Pikiell's seat could be getting a little warm. He's had two losing seasons in a row and hasn't won 20 games since 2019-20.