Colorado State men's basketball roster changes for 2026-27 season

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A year ago was an offseason full of massive change to the Colorado State men's basketball roster.

Ali Farokhmanesh took over as head coach as Niko Medved left for Minnesota and the Rams added a bevy of transfers.

This offseason? It's all about retention. CSU is keeping the core of the 2025-26 roster for the 2026-27 season as the Rams move into the Pac-12.

Here is a look at the transfers out of and into CSU as well as a look ahead at the roster for next season.

This will be updated as players depart or join Colorado State.

Players leaving Colorado State men's basketball program​

Here is a look at the players who left the CSU men's basketball program via transfer or graduation:

PLAYERS IN THE TRANSFER PORTAL

Brandon Rechsteiner​

• Position: Guard
• Notable: Rechsteiner spent two seasons at Virginia Tech prior to his lone season at CSU in 2025-26. He averaged a team-high 12 points per game to go with 2.5 assists per game. Rechsteiner hit 40% of his 3-pointers and his 86 made from deep is the fourth-most in a single season in program history. He started every game and played 28 minutes per game. Rechsteiner has now played 92 career college games with 51 starts and has made 135 total 3-pointers.
• Transferred to: Rechsteiner has signed with Kansas State.

Darnez Slater​

• Position: Guard
• Notable: Slater redshirted in 2024-25 and then didn’t play a ton in his second season as a Ram (158 total minutes in 2025-26). He averaged 1.5 points per game.
• Transferred to: Slater has committed to Montana State, where former CSU forward Jaden Steppe plays.

Jon Mekonnen​

• Position: Forward
• Notable: The 6-foot-8 Mekonnen didn't play in 2024-25 as he redshirted. In 2025-26, he appeared in 11 games off the bench, scoring 2.1 points per game.
• Transferred to: Mekonnen has signed with South Dakota State.

Augustinas Kiudulas​

• Position: Forward
• Notable: The 6-foot-8 forward spent one season (2025-26) at CSU. He appeared in all 34 games, starting four. Kiudulas played 15 minutes a game and averaged 5.9 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. He played one season at Indiana State and one season at VMI prior to CSU. Kiudulas averaged 15.2 points and 6.3 rebounds per game at VMI.
• Transferred to: Kiudulas has not publicly committed to a new program yet.

Nikola Djapa​

• Position: Center
• Notable: The 6-foot-11 Djapa played the last two seasons at CSU (after one at Long Island). Djapa appeared in 19 games with one start for the Rams in 2025-26, playing 9.4 minutes per game and averaging 2.4 points and 1.8 rebounds per game. Over 41 career games as a Ram, he averaged 2.4 points and 1.5 rebounds per game.
• Transferred to: Djapa has not publicly committed to a new program yet.

Out of eligibility: Jevin Muniz concluded his college eligibility with the 2025-26 season. There are various proposals in college sports to add an extra year of eligibility, but the expectation right now is Muniz will not have another year.

Transfers joining the Colorado State men's basketball team​

Amondo Miller Jr.​

• Position: Guard/forward
• Notable: The 6-foot-7 Miller comes to CSU from Lubbock Christian (Division II). Miller was named a Division II All-American in 2025-26 after averaging 21 points, 8.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. He shot 50% from the field and 36% from 3-point range. He set program records for total points and average points in a season. He had 10 double-doubles on the season and a high of 38 points in one game. Miller previously played at Fort Lewis (with current CSU player Charlie Dortch) and at Colorado (with former Ram star Nique Clifford). Miller is expected to play significant minutes on the wing for the Rams.

Colorado State roster, expected additions​

The men's basketball roster limit for the 2026-27 season is 15 players, although CSU is not expected to fill all those slots. Eight players from the 2025-26 roster have announced they will return and CSU has three incoming freshmen.

CSU is expected to add a guard in the transfer portal, but that could be the last addition to the roster.

Here is where the roster stands as of now.

• Forward Carey Booth
• Guard Josh Pascarelli
• Guard Jase Butler
• Guard Jojo McIver
• Center Rashaan Mbemba
• Forward Charlie Dortch
• Forward Kyle Jorgensen
• Forward Docker Tedeschi
• Guard/forward Amondo Miller Jr.
• Center Jaden Ghoreishi
• Guard Gregory "Pops" Dunson
• Forward Eric Fiedler

Sports reporter Kevin Lytle can be found on social media on X, Instagram and Threads @Kevin_Lytle and on Bluesky.

This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: Colorado State basketball transfer tracker for 2026-27 season

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