Every Australian in NCAAM basketball in 2026-27

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85 Australians are expected to play NCAA Division I men's basketball in 2026-27, spread across national championship contenders, Power Four conferences and mid-major programs throughout the United States.

Florida forward Alex Condon headlines them all. The 2.11m senior from Perth returns for a final year after helping the Gators win the 2025 national championship, then withdrawing from the 2026 NBA Draft in April. He is one of 17 Australian seniors, with three more back as graduate students.

As of now, there are 85 Australian players listed for the 2026–27 NCAA men’s season.

• Class unresolved: 3
• Seniors: 17
• Graduate students: 3
• Juniors: 14
• Sophomores: 23
• Freshmen: 24
• Pending: 1

Player movement remains one of the defining storylines entering the season. More than 25 Australians have transferred schools, entered the NCAA transfer portal or joined new Division I programs since the end of the 2025-26 campaign, and the demand is visible in where they have landed.

Portland have five Australians, more than any other program, and Saint Mary's have four. Arizona State, Fordham, Northern Kentucky and Wisconsin carry three each.

This page is basketball.com.au’s ongoing tracker of Australians playing NCAA Division I men’s basketball during the 2026–27 season and will be updated throughout the year as rosters, transfers and freshman signings are confirmed.

If a player is missing from the list or details require updating, email info@basketball.com.au.

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🎓 Class unresolved

• Akoldah Gak – Oklahoma (pending): 2.08m forward/centre from Sydney, New South Wales (23, ex-NBL and Capital City Go-Go; reported single year of eligibility, unresolved at signing)
• Ben Henshall – Ole Miss (pending): 1.96m guard from Perth, Western Australia (22, three NBL seasons with Perth)
• Tom Koppens – Cal State Bakersfield: 2.01m forward from Melbourne, Victoria (school lists class as "Redshirt"; three seasons with Melbourne United)

🎓 Seniors in 2026-27

• Alex Condon – Florida: 2.11m forward/centre from Perth, Western Australia (won the 2025 NCAA title; withdrew from the 2026 NBA Draft in April to return)
• Alvin Cole – Maryland-Eastern Shore: 2.01m forward from Gold Coast, Queensland (Upper Coomera State College)
• Bol Dengdit – Hawai'i: 2.11m forward/centre from Melbourne, Victoria (transferred from UC San Diego via the NBA Global Academy)
• Bowyn Beatty – La Salle: 2.13m forward from Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (transferred from Sacramento State via the NBA Global Academy)
• Clayton Jewell – Southeast Missouri State: 2.06m forward from Darwin, Northern Territory (transferred from Colorado Mesa, Division II)
• Harry Bates – Denver: 2.06m forward from Port Macquarie, New South Wales (senior; MacKillop Senior College; transferred from Temple College via Central Maine, NJCAA)
• Josh Hughes – USC: 2.08m forward from Brisbane, Queensland (University of Southern California; transferred from Evansville)
• Luca Ace-Nasteski – Harvard: 2.08m forward from Manly, New South Wales (came to basketball from rugby league)
• Marshal Destremau – West Georgia: 2.06m forward from Perth, Western Australia (redshirt senior; signed 3 Aug. 2026; West Georgia is a Division I member in reclassification, full status from autumn 2027)
• Nicolo Romanelli – Columbia: 1.88m guard from Sydney, New South Wales (senior; Spring Creek Academy and DME Academy)
• Noah Pagotto – Northern Kentucky: 2.03m forward from Wollongong, New South Wales (transferred from East Texas A&M via West Texas A&M)
• Owen Foxwell – Wisconsin: 1.88m guard from Melbourne, Victoria (arrives from South East Melbourne Phoenix, NBL; Wisconsin's lists him as a "Senior")
• Rex Stirling – Jacksonville: 2.03m forward from Melbourne, Victoria (transferred from Wofford)
• Stephen Olowoniyi – Duquesne: 2.03m forward from Melbourne, Victoria (entered the portal on 14 April; previously Oregon State)
• Tanner Vogel – Eastern Illinois: 2.13m centre from Busselton, Western Australia (redshirt senior; transferred from Faulkner State; Georgiana Molloy Anglican School)
• Tasman Goodrick – Syracuse: 2.08m forward from Sydney, New South Wales (transferred from Siena via Gannon and Cal Baptist)
• Yaak Yaak – Oklahoma: 2.11m centre from Adelaide, South Australia (transferred from Oregon State; previously spent two seasons at Colorado Mesa)

🎓 Graduate students in 2026–27

• Keegan Harvey – Bryant: 2.11m big wing from Newcastle, New South Wales (transferred from George Washington via College of Charleston)
• Nate Deer – Canisius: 2.08m forward from Adelaide, South Australia (Trinity College Senior School; transferred from Oakland via Texas State and Howard College)
• Riley Parker – Portland: 1.88m guard from Mandurah, Western Australia (Mandurah Catholic, Cochise College and St. Francis, Pennsylvania)

🎓 Juniors in 2026-27

• Austin Rapp – Wisconsin: 2.08m forward from Melbourne, Victoria
• Ben Tweedy – Manhattan: 1.93m guard from Queensland (transferred from Colgate)
• Campbell Blogg – Northern Colorado: 1.93m guard from Melbourne, Victoria (previously Melbourne United, NBL)
• Chol Machot – Georgetown: 2.13m centre from Melbourne, Victoria (transferred from Charleston, where he was 2026 CAA Defensive Player of the Year; previously Florida SouthWestern State, an NJCAA program)
• Delang Muon – Arkansas State: 2.03m forward from Frankston, Victoria (redshirt junior; transferred from New Mexico Junior College; Southern in 2024–25)
• Fraser Roxburgh – Washington State: 2.01m forward from Melbourne, Victoria (transferred from Manhattan)
• Jack Whitbourn – Fordham: 2.11m centre from Melbourne, Victoria (returning Fordham player; the UC Riverside move was for 2025–26)
• James O'Donnell – Portland: 2.08m forward from Sydney, New South Wales (transferred from San Francisco)
• Josh Ibukunoluwa – Bradley: 2.08m forward from Perth, Western Australia (transferred from High Point)
• Josh Dent – Saint Mary's: 1.91m guard from Wollongong, New South Wales
• Riley Dunn – Hofstra: 2.13m forward/centre from Ballarat, Victoria (transferred from Monroe College, New York; Darrow School)
• Ryan Hunt – TCU: 2.13m centre from Perth, Western Australia (Transfer from Eastern Arizona College – NJCAA I)
• Will Mortimore – Charleston: 2.08m forward from Maitland, New South Wales (transferred from Colorado Mesa, Division II)
• Will Shortt – Northern Kentucky: 2.03m forward from Sydney, New South Wales (transferred from Niagara; Auckland Grammar School)

🎓 Sophomores in 2026-27

• Abass Bodija – Fordham: 2.08m forward from Brisbane, Queensland (redshirt sophomore; redshirted at UC Riverside in 2024–25)
• Alex Kovatchev – Florida: 1.96m guard from Perth, Western Australia (redshirt sophomore; Woodvale Secondary)
• Ben Waller – UC Riverside: 1.98m guard from Victoria
• Brad Ballinger – New Haven: 2.01m forward from Shellharbour, New South Wales (Illawarra)
• Charlie Dimmock – Denver: 2.06m forward from Perth, Western Australia (sophomore; Aquinas College; transferred from Southern Idaho, NJCAA)
• Emmett Adair – George Mason: 2.06m forward from Sydney, New South Wales (transferred from Loyola Maryland; NBA Global Academy)
• Ethan Elliott – Northern Kentucky: 1.85m guard from Perth, Western Australia (NBL1 Joondalup Wolves)
• Harry Beauchamp – Central Arkansas: 1.96m guard from Victoria
• Isaiah Walter – UMass Lowell: 1.98m guard from Central Coast, New South Wales (redshirt sophomore; Tuggerah Lakes Secondary)
• Jacob Furphy – Boston College: 1.96m guard from Smithton, Tasmania (transferred from UConn; no relation to Johnny Furphy)
• James Dyson-Merwe – Evansville: 2.11m forward from Sydney, New South Wales (via CoE)
• Jesse McIntosh – William & Mary: 2.01m guard from Melbourne, Victoria (transferred from South Dakota; Ivanhoe Grammar)
• Joel Foxwell – Arizona State: 1.85m guard from Melbourne, Victoria (transferred from Portland; First Team All-WCC as a freshman)
• Kiir Kuany – Ohio: 2.06m forward from Melbourne, Victoria (redshirt sophomore; Huntington Prep)
• Lueth Awan – Hawai'i: 2.01m guard from Sydney, New South Wales (Doonside Technology High School and the Sydney Kings)
• Luke Fennell – Saint Mary's: 1.98m guard from Melbourne, Victoria (transferred from Syracuse)
• Paddy D'Arcy – Lafayette (pending): 1.98m guard from Adelaide, South Australia (off East Carolina's published roster; Lafayette's roster is incomplete)
• RJ Greer – UNC Greensboro (pending): 1.91m guard from Centerville, Ohio, USA (Australian-American; transferred from Davidson)
• Roman Siulepa – Ole Miss (pending): 1.98m forward from Brisbane, Queensland
• Roor Akhuar – Fordham: 2.01m forward from Melbourne, Victoria (via CoE; not a transfer)
• Rory Hawke – Saint Mary's: 1.96m guard from Townsville, Queensland (redshirt sophomore; via CoE)
• Truman Byrne – Lipscomb: 2.08m forward from Melbourne, Victoria (transferred from Central Arkansas)
• Xavier Istomin-Monroe – Detroit Mercy: 2.16m centre from Sydney, New South Wales (Royal Crown Academic School, Canada)

🎓 Freshmen in 2026-27

• Abu Riak – Canisius: 2.03m forward from Melbourne, Victoria (Combine Academy, North Carolina)
• Ajak Nyuon – Arizona State (pending): 2.08m forward, hometown unresolved (via CoE; signed 13 May 2026)
• Alex Dickeson – Colorado: 1.93m guard from Adelaide, South Australia (via CoE)
• Austin Foxwell – Portland: 1.91m guard from Melbourne, Victoria (Rowville)
• Carlin Briggs – Portland: 2.01m guard from Melbourne, Victoria (redshirt freshman; via CoE; two seasons lost to knee surgery)
• Ché Brogan – Ohio: 1.96m guard from Melbourne, Victoria (via CoE)
• Deng Manyang – George Washington: 2.01m forward from Adelaide, South Australia (true freshman; Central District Lions, NBL1)
• Ethan Marten-Coney – Bucknell University: 2.08m forward from Sydney, NSW (U20 Australian national Champions; two seasons Sydney Comets NBL1)
• Flynn Pavely – Saint Mary's: 2.13m centre from Frenchs Forest, New South Wales (via CoE)
• Frank Oguche – Charlotte: 2.03m guard from Melbourne, Victoria (redshirt freshman; 1 Of 1 Academy)
• Goc Malual – Colorado: 2.03m forward from Sydney, New South Wales (Sydney Kings)
• Harrison Lyttle – Mercer: 1.78m guard from Sydney, New South Wales (true freshman; IMG Academy)
• Henry Lau – Long Beach State: 2.01m forward from Sydney, New South Wales (redshirt freshman; transferred from Pittsburgh)
• Henry Sewell – Portland: 2.08m forward from Melbourne, Victoria (Camberwell Grammar / De La Salle, not a CoE product)
• Isaac Riddle – Wisconsin: 2.03m forward from Adelaide, South Australia (via CoE)
• Jasraj Gill – Lafayette (pending): height, position and hometown not officially published
• Joe Baldwin – USC Upstate: 1.96m forward from Brisbane, Australia
• Kobe McDowell-White – Chattanooga: 1.83m guard from Brisbane, Queensland (2026 NBL1 North Youth Player of the Year)
• Mading Kuany – Georgia: 2.06m forward from Melbourne, Victoria (true freshman; Iowa United Prep)
• Malik Davis – Davidson: 1.96m guard from Geelong, Victoria (Geelong United, NBL1)
• Maper Maker – Arkansas: 2.13m forward/centre from Perth, Western Australia (AUNZ Prep)
• Marcus Vaughns – Arizona State: 2.03m forward from Melbourne, Victoria (redshirt freshman; via CoE; signed with LSU in November 2025, redshirted, moved to Arizona State in April 2026)
• Roman Stathis – Washington State: 2.01m forward from Sydney, New South Wales (freshman)
• Tristan Devers – Washington (pending): 1.91m guard from Melbourne, Victoria (released by the Brisbane Bullets after three seasons)

Pending

• Achor Achor – school TBD: 2.06m forward from Melbourne, Victoria (off Mississippi State's published roster, uncommitted in the transfer portal; would be a sixth-year player under the new NCAA fifth-year eligibility ruling)

Division II

• Ryder Cheesman – West Texas A&M: 1.93m guard from Melbourne, Victoria (transferred from Missouri State; class year not published)

🎓 Australian Seniors that graduated in 2025-26

• Anthony Dell'Orso – Arizona Wildcats: 1.98m Senior Guard from Melbourne
• Caleb Van De Griend – Idaho State Bengals: 2.03m Senior from Bridgeton, WA
• Greg Spurgin – Bowling Green: 2.01m Senior Forward from Toowoomba
• Harry Rouhliadeff – University of Hawaii, Senior 2.06m Forward from Brisbane
• Harry Wessels – Saint Mary's: 2.16m Senior Centre from Boddington
• Jayden Stone – Missouri Tigers: 1.93m Guard from Perth
• Joseph Locandro – Maryland Eastern; 2.0m Senior Forward from Melbourne.
• Lewis Rowe – Incarnate Word Cardinals; 2.08m Senior Centre from Adelaide.
• Max Mackinnon – LSU: 1.98m Senior Guard from Brisbane (Transfer from Portland)
• Oscar Cluff – Purdue: 2.11m Senior Centre from Sunshine Coast (Transfer from South Dakota State)
• Will Johnston – Richmond: 1.88m Senior Guard from Sydney (Transfer from LMU)

🎓 Australian Seniors that graduated in 2024-25

• Cameron Huefner – Sam Houston: 2.03m, 104kg Senior Forward from Adelaide, Australia
• Daniel Foster – Nevada: 1.98m, 97kg Senior Guard from Melbourne, Australia
• Elias Cato – Central Arkansas: 2.06m, 99kg Senior Forward from Queensland, Australia
• Harrison Hornery – USC: 2.08m, 105kg Senior Forward from Toowoomba, Australia
• Hunter Jack Madden – Abilene Christian: 1.88m, 86kg Senior Guard from Sydney, Australia
• Jaron Rillie – North Colorado: 1.91m, 83kg Senior Guard from Sydney, Australia
• Kobe Williamson – Seattle U Redhawks: 2.03m, 111kg Senior Forward from Melbourne, Australia
• Lieb Yat – Southern Miss: 2.13m Senior Centre from Melbourne
• Louis Bleechmore – Fairfield: 2.01m, 92kg Senior Guard from Sydney, Australia
• Mawot Mag – BYU: 2.01m, 97kg Senior Forward from Melbourne, Australia
• Oscar Berry – North Florida: 1.96m, 90kg Senior Guard from Melbourne, Australia
• Reyne Smith – Louisville: 1.88m, 86kg Senior Guard from Ulverstone, Australia
• Ryan Rapp – Hawaii: 1.96m, 83kg Senior Guard from Melbourne, Australia
• Tuburu Naivalurua – Oakland: 1.98m, 108kg Senior Forward from Sydney, Australia
• Tyler Fearne – Charlotte 49ers: Now an assistant coach with the Charleston Cougars.

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About the List Manager

Peter Brown is the head coach of the Sydney Comets Women’s Youth League team in the Waratah Basketball League in NSW. He is also the assistant coach for the Comets NBL1 women’s team in the NBL East Conference. Peter is a 30-year journalist, starting as a sports reporter at the NT News in the early 1990s. He played junior basketball for the Northern Territory at national championships from U16 to U20 and for the Territory’s senior men’s team at numerous international tournaments. Peter has been a basketball fan since the early 80s, especially the NBA. Basketball is his passion — and his opinions his own.

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