D1 Men's Basketball Colleges
265 D1 programs, and how many players each one loses after this season.
- players leave a typical team
- 4
- lose a guard
- 91%
2026-27 rosters, read September 29, 2026
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All 265 D1 schools
Most players leaving first. Players leaving are players in their last season on the 2026-27 roster.
265 schools
D1La Salle
Philadelphia, PA
8players leaving
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D1Montana State
Bozeman, MT
8players leaving
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D1UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
8players leaving
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D1Ball State
Muncie, IN
7players leaving
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D1Bethune-Cookman
Daytona Beach, FL
7players leaving
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D1Delaware State
Dover, DE
7players leaving
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D1Eastern Illinois
Charleston, IL
7players leaving
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D1High Point
High Point, NC
7players leaving
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D1Miami (OH)
Oxford, OH
7players leaving
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D1Montana
Missoula, MT
7players leaving
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D1Oklahoma
Norman, OK
7players leaving
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D1Ole Miss
University, MS
7players leaving
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D1Omaha
Omaha, NE
7players leaving
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D1Pitt
Pittsburgh, PA
7players leaving
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D1Southern Miss
Hattiesburg, MS
7players leaving
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D1St. John's
Queens, NY
7players leaving
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D1UC San Diego
La Jolla, CA
7players leaving
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D1UNC Wilmington
Wilmington, NC
7players leaving
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D1Utah Tech
Saint George, UT
7players leaving
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D1Western Michigan
Kalamazoo, MI
7players leaving
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D1Wichita State
Wichita, KS
7players leaving
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D1Winthrop
Rock Hill, SC
7players leaving
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D1Xavier
Cincinnati, OH
7players leaving
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D1Akron
Akron, OH
6players leaving
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D1Alabama State
Montgomery, AL
6players leaving
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D1Boise State
Boise, ID
6players leaving
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D1Charleston Southern
Charleston, SC
6players leaving
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D1Eastern Michigan
Ypsilanti, MI
6players leaving
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D1Florida International
Miami, FL
6players leaving
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D1George Washington
Washington, DC
6players leaving
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D1Grambling State
Grambling, LA
6players leaving
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D1Hampton
Hampton, VA
6players leaving
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D1Hofstra
Hempstead, NY
6players leaving
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D1Kansas State
Manhattan, KS
6players leaving
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D1Long Beach State
Long Beach, CA
6players leaving
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D1Louisville
Louisville, KY
6players leaving
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D1Loyola Chicago
Chicago, IL
6players leaving
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D1Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
6players leaving
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D1Mississippi State
Mississippi State, MS
6players leaving
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D1Morgan State
Baltimore, MD
6players leaving
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D1North Alabama
Florence, AL
6players leaving
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D1North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
6players leaving
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D1North Carolina Central
Durham, NC
6players leaving
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D1Oklahoma State
Stillwater, OK
6players leaving
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D1Pepperdine
Malibu, CA
6players leaving
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D1South Dakota
Vermillion, SD
6players leaving
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D1Southern Indiana
Evansville, IN
6players leaving
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D1Tennessee Tech
Cookeville, TN
6players leaving
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D1Texas Tech
Lubbock, TX
6players leaving
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D1Tulsa
Tulsa, OK
6players leaving
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D1Wisconsin
Madison, WI
6players leaving
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D1Alabama A&M
Normal, AL
5players leaving
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D1Appalachian State
Boone, NC
5players leaving
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D1Arizona
Tucson, AZ
5players leaving
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D1Binghamton
Vestal, NY
5players leaving
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D1Canisius
Buffalo, NY
5players leaving
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D1Central Michigan
Mount Pleasant, MI
5players leaving
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D1Davidson
Davidson, NC
5players leaving
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D1Delaware
Newark, DE
5players leaving
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D1Duke
Durham, NC
5players leaving
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D1Duquesne
Pittsburgh, PA
5players leaving
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D1Eastern Washington
Cheney, WA
5players leaving
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D1Gardner-Webb
Boiling Springs, NC
5players leaving
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D1George Mason
Fairfax, VA
5players leaving
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D1Gonzaga
Spokane, WA
5players leaving
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D1Houston
Houston, TX
5players leaving
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D1Illinois State
Normal, IL
5players leaving
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D1Indiana State
Terre Haute, IN
5players leaving
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D1Iona
New Rochelle, NY
5players leaving
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D1Iowa State
Ames, IA
5players leaving
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D1Kent State
Kent, OH
5players leaving
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D1Maine
Orono, ME
5players leaving
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D1Maryland
College Park, MD
5players leaving
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D1Mercyhurst
Erie, PA
5players leaving
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D1Merrimack
North Andover, MA
5players leaving
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D1Middle Tennessee
Murfreesboro, TN
5players leaving
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D1Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI
5players leaving
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D1Navy
Annapolis, MD
5players leaving
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D1New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
5players leaving
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D1Niagara
Niagara University, NY
5players leaving
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D1Nicholls
Thibodaux, LA
5players leaving
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D1Norfolk State
Norfolk, VA
5players leaving
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D1North Carolina A&T
Greensboro, NC
5players leaving
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D1Northwestern State
Natchitoches, LA
5players leaving
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D1Ohio
Athens, OH
5players leaving
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D1Princeton
Princeton, NJ
5players leaving
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D1Providence College
Providence, RI
5players leaving
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D1Rutgers
New Brunswick, NJ
5players leaving
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D1Saint Peter's
Jersey City, NJ
5players leaving
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D1Seton Hall
South Orange, NJ
5players leaving
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D1SMU
Dallas, TX
5players leaving
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D1Southern Illinois Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL
5players leaving
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D1Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
5players leaving
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D1Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, TX
5players leaving
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D1Troy
Troy, AL
5players leaving
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D1UC Irvine
Irvine, CA
5players leaving
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D1UConn
Storrs, CT
5players leaving
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D1USC
Los Angeles, CA
5players leaving
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D1Air Force
USAF Academy, CO
4players leaving
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D1Alcorn State
Alcorn State, MS
4players leaving
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D1Baylor
Waco, TX
4players leaving
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D1Brown
Providence, RI
4players leaving
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D1Butler
Indianapolis, IN
4players leaving
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D1Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo, CA
4players leaving
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D1Campbell
Buies Creek, NC
4players leaving
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D1Cleveland State
Cleveland, OH
4players leaving
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D1Colorado
Boulder, CO
4players leaving
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D1Colorado State
Fort Collins, CO
4players leaving
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D1Columbia
New York, NY
4players leaving
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D1Cornell
Ithaca, NY
4players leaving
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D1Dayton
Dayton, OH
4players leaving
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D1Denver
Denver, CO
4players leaving
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D1DePaul
Chicago, IL
4players leaving
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D1Detroit Mercy
Detroit, MI
4players leaving
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D1Drake
Des Moines, IA
4players leaving
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D1Elon
Elon, NC
4players leaving
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D1Fairfield
Fairfield, CT
4players leaving
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D1Florida Gulf Coast
Fort Myers, FL
4players leaving
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D1Green Bay
Green Bay, WI
4players leaving
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D1Harvard
Cambridge, MA
4players leaving
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D1Hawai'i
Honolulu, HI
4players leaving
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D1Howard
Washington, DC
4players leaving
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D1Idaho
Moscow, ID
4players leaving
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D1Idaho State
Pocatello, ID
4players leaving
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D1Illinois
Champaign, IL
4players leaving
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D1Illinois-Chicago
Chicago, IL
4players leaving
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D1IU Indy
Indianapolis, IN
4players leaving
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D1Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
4players leaving
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D1LMU
Los Angeles, CA
4players leaving
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D1Louisiana
Lafayette, LA
4players leaving
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D1Murray State
Murray, KY
4players leaving
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D1Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
4players leaving
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D1North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND
4players leaving
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D1Northern Arizona
Flagstaff, AZ
4players leaving
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D1Oakland
Rochester Hills, MI
4players leaving
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D1Oral Roberts
Tulsa, OK
4players leaving
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D1Oregon
Eugene, OR
4players leaving
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D1Pacific
Stockton, CA
4players leaving
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D1Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
4players leaving
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D1Queens (NC)
Charlotte, NC
4players leaving
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D1Rice
Houston, TX
4players leaving
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D1Richmond
University of Richmond, VA
4players leaving
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D1Sacramento State
Sacramento, CA
4players leaving
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D1Saint Joseph's
Philadelphia, PA
4players leaving
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D1Saint Louis
Saint Louis, MO
4players leaving
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D1San Diego
San Diego, CA
4players leaving
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D1South Florida
Tampa, FL
4players leaving
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D1Southeast Missouri State
Cape Girardeau, MO
4players leaving
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D1St. Bonaventure
Saint Bonaventure, NY
4players leaving
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D1Stetson
DeLand, FL
4players leaving
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D1Stonehill
Easton, MA
4players leaving
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D1Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY
4players leaving
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D1TCU
Fort Worth, TX
4players leaving
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D1Tennessee State
Nashville, TN
4players leaving
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D1UC Davis
Davis, CA
4players leaving
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D1UMass
Amherst, MA
4players leaving
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D1UNC Asheville
Asheville, NC
4players leaving
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D1UNLV
Las Vegas, NV
4players leaving
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D1USC Upstate
Spartanburg, SC
4players leaving
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D1Utah State
Logan, UT
4players leaving
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D1Utah Valley
Orem, UT
4players leaving
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D1UTEP
El Paso, TX
4players leaving
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D1Wake Forest
Winston-Salem, NC
4players leaving
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D1West Virginia
Morgantown, WV
4players leaving
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D1Youngstown State
Youngstown, OH
4players leaving
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D1American
Washington, DC
3players leaving
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D1Bowling Green
Bowling Green, OH
3players leaving
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D1Coastal Carolina
Conway, SC
3players leaving
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D1Colgate
Hamilton, NY
3players leaving
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D1Dartmouth
Hanover, NH
3players leaving
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D1Drexel
Philadelphia, PA
3players leaving
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D1Florida Atlantic
Boca Raton, FL
3players leaving
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D1Fordham
Bronx, NY
3players leaving
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D1Indiana
Bloomington, IN
3players leaving
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D1Jackson State
Jackson, MS
3players leaving
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D1James Madison
Harrisonburg, VA
3players leaving
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D1Kansas
Lawrence, KS
3players leaving
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D1Lehigh
Bethlehem, PA
3players leaving
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D1Lindenwood
Saint Charles, MO
3players leaving
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D1Longwood
Farmville, VA
3players leaving
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D1Manhattan
Riverdale, NY
3players leaving
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D1Marshall
Huntington, WV
3players leaving
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D1Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
3players leaving
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D1Missouri State
Springfield, MO
3players leaving
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D1Monmouth
West Long Branch, NJ
3players leaving
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D1Morehead State
Morehead, KY
3players leaving
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D1Nevada
Reno, NV
3players leaving
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D1New Haven
West Haven, CT
3players leaving
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D1Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO
3players leaving
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D1Northern Kentucky
Highland Heights, KY
3players leaving
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D1Portland
Portland, OR
3players leaving
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D1Presbyterian
Clinton, SC
3players leaving
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D1Purdue Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, IN
3players leaving
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D1Quinnipiac
Hamden, CT
3players leaving
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D1Rider
Lawrenceville, NJ
3players leaving
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D1Sacred Heart
Fairfield, CT
3players leaving
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D1Stephen F. Austin
Nacogdoches, TX
3players leaving
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D1Toledo
Toledo, OH
3players leaving
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D1UC Riverside
Riverside, CA
3players leaving
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D1UMass Lowell
Lowell, MA
3players leaving
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D1UT Arlington
Arlington, TX
3players leaving
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D1VCU
Richmond, VA
3players leaving
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D1Wagner
Staten Island, NY
3players leaving
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D1Western Illinois
Macomb, IL
3players leaving
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D1Western Kentucky
Bowling Green, KY
3players leaving
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D1William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA
3players leaving
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D1Wyoming
Laramie, WY
3players leaving
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D1Abilene Christian
Abilene, TX
2players leaving
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D1Army
West Point, NY
2players leaving
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D1Austin Peay
Clarksville, TN
2players leaving
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D1Bradley
Peoria, IL
2players leaving
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D1California
Berkeley, CA
2players leaving
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D1California Baptist
Riverside, CA
2players leaving
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D1Central Arkansas
Conway, AR
2players leaving
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D1Eastern Kentucky
Richmond, KY
2players leaving
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D1FDU
Teaneck, NJ
2players leaving
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D1Florida State
Tallahassee, FL
2players leaving
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D1Fresno State
Fresno, CA
2players leaving
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D1Jax State
Jacksonville, AL
2players leaving
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D1Liberty
Lynchburg, VA
2players leaving
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D1Lipscomb
Nashville, TN
2players leaving
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D1Marist
Poughkeepsie, NY
2players leaving
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D1Marquette
Milwaukee, WI
2players leaving
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D1McNeese
Lake Charles, LA
2players leaving
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D1Mississippi Valley State
Itta Bena, MS
2players leaving
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D1New Hampshire
Durham, NH
2players leaving
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D1North Dakota State
Fargo, ND
2players leaving
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D1Northeastern
Boston, MA
2players leaving
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D1Ohio State
Columbus, OH
2players leaving
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D1Oregon State
Corvallis, OR
2players leaving
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D1Robert Morris
Moon Township, PA
2players leaving
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D1San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
2players leaving
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D1Santa Clara
Santa Clara, CA
2players leaving
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D1Siena
Loudonville, NY
2players leaving
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D1South Alabama
Mobile, AL
2players leaving
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D1South Dakota State
Brookings, SD
2players leaving
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D1Southern Illinois
Carbondale, IL
2players leaving
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D1St. Thomas
Saint Paul, MN
2players leaving
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D1Syracuse
Syracuse, NY
2players leaving
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D1Towson
Towson, MD
2players leaving
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D1UAB
Birmingham, AL
2players leaving
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D1West Georgia
Carrollton, GA
2players leaving
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D1Yale
New Haven, CT
2players leaving
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D1Albany
Albany, NY
1player leaving
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D1Arkansas State
Jonesboro, AR
1player leaving
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D1Bryant
Smithfield, RI
1player leaving
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D1Bucknell
Lewisburg, PA
1player leaving
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D1Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
1player leaving
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D1Evansville
Evansville, IN
1player leaving
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D1Kennesaw State
Kennesaw, GA
1player leaving
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D1LA Tech
Ruston, LA
1player leaving
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D1Lafayette
Easton, PA
1player leaving
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D1Le Moyne
Syracuse, NY
1player leaving
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D1North Florida
Jacksonville, FL
1player leaving
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D1North Texas
Denton, TX
1player leaving
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D1Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA
1player leaving
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D1Radford
Radford, VA
1player leaving
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D1Sam Houston
Huntsville, TX
1player leaving
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D1Southern Utah
Cedar City, UT
1player leaving
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D1Tulane
New Orleans, LA
1player leaving
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D1UMBC
Baltimore, MD
1player leaving
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D1Valparaiso
Valparaiso, IN
1player leaving
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D1Vermont
Burlington, VT
1player leaving
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D1Weber State
Ogden, UT
1player leaving
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D1Wright State
Dayton, OH
1player leaving
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How many D1 men's basketball teams are there?
NextCommit's coach data lists 347 NCAA Division I men's basketball programs for 2026-27. This page shows the 265 whose 2026-27 rosters we could read in full on September 29, 2026.
How many players does a D1 men's basketball program lose each year?
The typical D1 men's basketball program on this list has 4 players in their last season on its 2026-27 roster. Guards are the most common opening: 91% of these programs lose at least one, then forwards at 85%.
What does "players leaving" mean?
Players in their last season on the college's 2026-27 roster page: seniors, graduate students and fifth-year players at four-year schools, and sophomores at junior colleges. Redshirt marks do not change the count. Their spots open for recruits who start college in 2027.
Does a player leaving mean an open scholarship?
No. It means a roster spot the coaches have to refill, with high school recruits, transfers or walk-ons. How much athletic aid comes with a spot depends on the level, and Division III schools give none. Some players also get an extra year through a waiver.
Which positions does each school need?
That is Roster Needs, part of NextCommit Pro. It shows the positions each school is losing and filters your coach list to the programs that need your position. This page shows each school's total only.
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Find schools at your level with players leaving, check which level fits you with the free Men's Basketball Recruit Score, then email the head coach or recruiting coordinator with your highlight film, stats, schedule and GPA. Follow up when you have something new to share.
How often is this data updated?
NextCommit reads college roster pages twice a year, after fall and spring rosters are posted. This page shows the September 29, 2026 read of 2026-27 rosters. Schools we could not read in full join the list when a later read passes.
How we got these numbers
We read each college's own roster page on September 29, 2026. Players leaving are players in their last season on the 2026-27 roster: seniors, graduate students and fifth-year players at four-year schools, and sophomores at junior colleges. Redshirt marks don't change the count.
This list shows 265 of the 347 programs in NextCommit's coach data (76%). Schools whose roster we couldn't read in full aren't listed yet. We call a list complete when we can read at least 75% of its rosters.
Divisions are for the 2026-27 season. Saint Francis (PA) is listed in Division III, where it moved in 2026-27.
A player leaving is a spot to refill, not a scholarship offer. Coaches also fill spots from the transfer portal, some players get an extra year, and a roster page can lag behind the team. Use the numbers to decide where to look, then ask the coach.
Last updated November 3, 2026.
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