Potential 2025-26 Roster

[OrangeXtreme]

PLAYER	POS.	HT.	WT.	CLASS	STATUS
JJ Starling	G	6-4	206	Sr.
Donnie Freeman	PF	6-9	205	So.
Kiyan Anthony	G	6-5	185	Fr.
Tiefing Diawara	C	7-0	240	Fr.
Luke Fennell	G	6-6	190	Fr.
Sadiq White	PF	6-9	200	Fr.
Aaron Womack	SF	6-6	170	Fr.
William Kyle III	C	6-9	230	Sr.	UCLA
Nate Kingz	G/SF	6-5	190	R-Sr. ?	Oregon St
Naithan George	PG	6-3	185	Jr.	Ga Tech
Ibrahim Souare	PF/C	6-9	225	R-So.	Ga Tech
Bryce Zephir	G	6-4	200	R-Sr.	Montana St
Tyler Betsey	SF	6-8	225	So.	Cincinnati
IN THE PORTAL
Kyle Cuffe, Jr.	G	6-2	188	R-Sr.	Mercer
Chris Bell	SF	6-7	192	Sr.	Cal
Elijah Moore	G	6-4	176	So.	Utah
Chance Westry	G	6-6	205	R-Jr.	UAB
Petar Majstorovic	PF/C	6-8	215	So.	Long Beach St

 

[cusejuice4]

Not sure if this thread has already been started, but might as well…

Returning: choppa, freeman, JJ, bell, Petar and cuffe?

Out of eligibility: lampkin, Taylor. Carlos, Davis and McLeod

Man made out of glass Westry! Career prolly done

 

[cusejuice4]

I think Bell and Moore might try new surroundings

 

[SanDiegoCuse]

My guesses, based on nothing but gut feelings and random information mentioned.

Petar - 80%
JJ - 50%
Cuffe - 50%
Freeman - 40%
Moore - 30%
Chance - 15%
Bell - 15%

 

[Dmcnabbrules]

0 Chance

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Petar
Cuffe
Freeman

 

[SanDiegoCuse]

0 Chance

 

[phil77]

My guess -

One of JJ or Moore is back, not both ...
Petar is back
Cuffe is back
Bell is gone
Westry is gone

Freeman will be interesting, I will put 50/50 but if he comes back, it will take a big chunk of NIL to make it happen. I heard from people he is gone, and I heard from people he is staying so .... 50/50

 

[pwong]

No insider info but just reading the tea leaves expecting Lampkin, Jyare, Carlos, Taylor, Naheem, Bell, Westry, and Donnie (Pro/portal) to be gone.

Cuffe (walking on sr night and recently signed w an NIL agent) and Choppa (apparently his camp isn’t pleased) could be 50/50 portal.

 

[CardiacCuse]

i think jj, petar, kiyan, luke, sadiq and aaron...will be on the roster...and everyone else will be a new player

i hope that freeman and moore are also back but I bet they get lured by NIL

cuffe would be nice to have but he can start somewhere else, imo

 

[OrangeXtreme]

No insider info but just reading the tea leaves expecting Lamplin, Jyare, Carlos, Taylor, Naheem, Bell, Westry, and Donnie (Pro/portal) to be gone.

Cuffe (walking on sr night and recently signed w an NIL agent) and Choppa (apparently his camp isn’t pleased) could be 50/50 portal.

Lampkin, Davis, Carlos, Taylor, and McLeod are all out of eligibility.

Cuffe just told the Post-Standard yesterday that he wants to stay here two more years.

 

[pwong]

Lampkin, Davis, Carlos, Taylor, and McLeod are all out of eligibility.

Cuffe just told the Post-Standard yesterday that he wants to stay here two more years.

Maliq also told the Post-Standard he wanted to stay…. But also we are probably the only HM who would play Cuffe rotation mins.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Maliq also told the Post-Standard he wanted to stay.

If someone offers Cuffe over $600k, they can have him.

 

[Hopkins16]

I guess we will turn down NIT if invited, so that would be great and will allow the defections to start ASAP and we can see what positions are available.

 

[Nicknack]

JJ back ONLY if he is willing to go through intensive counseling on better decision making.

I'm surprised I'm saying this, but now that Bell is coming off the bench, I'd like him back. It's a no lose situation. If he's hot, then play him. Otherwise, he sits. No downside.

Cuffe I'd like back but Red needs to figure out what his role is going to be. This year was a mess.

Moore has a lot of potential. I'd like him back but won't lose sleep if he leaves. I'd rather he returns than JJ.

Donnie. Yes please.

 

[Dinkyspond]

I guess we will turn down NIT if invited, so that would be great and will allow the defections to start ASAP and we can see what positions are available.

there are no NITs for teams with losing records

 

[Dinkyspond]

No insider info but just reading the tea leaves expecting Lampkin, Jyare, Carlos, Taylor, Naheem, Bell, Westry, and Donnie (Pro/portal) to be gone.

Cuffe (walking on sr night and recently signed w an NIL agent) and Choppa (apparently his camp isn’t pleased) could be 50/50 portal.

LOL. Moore's camp is not pleased. The SU camp is not pleased either, he can't shoot or defend. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

 

[Dcuse]

No insider info but just reading the tea leaves expecting Lampkin, Jyare, Carlos, Taylor, Naheem, Bell, Westry, and Donnie (Pro/portal) to be gone.

Cuffe (walking on sr night and recently signed w an NIL agent) and Choppa (apparently his camp isn’t pleased) could be 50/50 portal.

“His camp isn’t pleased”. LMAO!

 

[hoopsupstate]

Lampkin, Davis, Carlos, Taylor, and McLeod are all out of eligibility.

Cuffe just told the Post-Standard yesterday that he wants to stay here two more years.

Key words are “he wants to come back.”

 

[Cusefan69]

No insider info but hearing Kiyan, Saiq, Luke and Womack will be here. The rest of the team is transfering. We are targeting a center from the YMCA mens Wednesday seniors city league who supposedly has a year left. Rumor has it we are also in the running for Chief from One Flew over the Cockoos Nest. While not an offensive threat, he did show promise on defense in pickup games, though definitely not guarding the corner three. I am hearing we are going iron man style for the most part. Season tickets expected to go on sale early due to fan excitement.

 

[jdubs30]

If Donnie doesn’t go pro he’ll transfer - he can get paid more, be on a better team, and develop if he leaves. And honestly with Sadiq, we’re probably better off putting him at the 4 and spending Donnie’s money elsewhere. I could also see a case for a JJ/Cuse mutual parting of ways - could be best for both.

I agree with dashers quote about this “I don’t care who comes back”. This has been a terrible era of Cuse basketball - let’s clear the deck.

 

[Hopkins16]

there are no NITs for teams with losing records

That’s what I thought but I have no idea how that tournament selection works. So we could start hearing about transfers in a couple of weeks.

 

[kingtidge]

No insider info but hearing Kiyan, Saiq, Luke and Womack will be here. The rest of the team is transfering. We are targeting a center from the YMCA mens Wednesday seniors city league who supposedly has a year left. Rumor has it we are also in the running for Chief from One Flew over the Cockoos Nest. While not an offensive threat, he did show promise on defense in pickup games, though definitely not guarding the corner three. I am hearing we are going iron man style for the most part. Season tickets expected to go on sale early due to fan excitement.

I think Salami from White Shadow could be a sleeper as a combo guard and wouldn't cost a lot of NIL.

 

[Cusefan69]

I think Salami from White Shadow could be a sleeper as a combo guard and wouldn't cost a lot of NIL.

Lol. Talk about a blast from the past. Watched every episode. Holy crap I am getting old. Wait a sec…

 

[CuseMan4]

Only people I want back from this years roster are Freeman, Moore and Petar
JJ if he is willing to take lesser role. Third scoring option.

I wouldn’t mine a 3 guard line up next year tbh.
Give me a stud PG transfer, Starling and Moore as the starting guards
Bring Kiyan and Fennell off the bench

Start Freeman at PF if he comes back. Give me a legit defensive presence on defense at Center that can give you 5-7 ppg but 8 rpg and 2 bpg
Have Sadiq be the 6th man. Womack redshirts. Petar gets back up PF/C minutes.

Bring in another center in the portal that is okay being a backup. 10 minutes per game. And give me a freshman or Sophmore transfer at the small forward position that may not contribute right away but has high potential in a year or two