2025–26 San Francisco Dons men's basketball team

2025–26 San Francisco Dons men's basketball
2025–26 San Francisco Dons men's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	8–5 (0–0 WCC)
Head coach	Chris Gerlufsen (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Michael Plank; Jay Duncan; Kyle Bankhead; Vinnie McGhee; Frankie Ferrari;
Home arena	Sobrato Center; (Capacity: 3,005); Chase Center; (Capacity: 18,064)

2025–26 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 Gonzaga	0	–	0	–	12	–	1	.923
Saint Mary's	0	–	0	–	11	–	2	.846
Seattle	0	–	0	–	11	–	2	.846
Loyola Marymount	0	–	0	–	9	–	4	.692
Pacific	0	–	0	–	9	–	4	.692
Santa Clara	0	–	0	–	9	–	4	.692
San Francisco	0	–	0	–	8	–	5	.615
Oregon State	0	–	0	–	7	–	6	.538
Portland	0	–	0	–	7	–	6	.538
San Diego	0	–	0	–	5	–	7	.417
Pepperdine	0	–	0	–	5	–	8	.385
Washington State	0	–	0	–	5	–	8	.385

† 2026 WCC tournament winner As of December 23, 2025 Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 San Francisco Dons men's basketball team represents the University of San Francisco during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dons, led by fourth-year head coach Chris Gerlufsen, play their home games at the Sobrato Center and occasional games at the Chase Center, both in San Francisco, California, as members of the West Coast Conference (WCC).

Previous season

The Dons finished the 2024–25 season 25–10, 13–5 in WCC play, to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC tournament, they defeated Washington State in the quarterfinals, before losing to Gonzaga in the semifinals for a fourth consecutive season. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament as a No. 1 seed. They defeated Utah Valley 79–70 to record their first NIT win in 20 years before narrowly falling to Loyola Chicago 77–76 in the second round.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Malik Thomas	1	G	6' 5"	205	Senior	Fontana, CA	Graduated/Transferred to Virginia^[1]
Carlton Lingard Jr.	2	C	7' 0"	235	Graduate Student	San Antonio, TX	Graduated
James O'Donnell	11	F	6' 9"	230	Freshman	Sydney, Australia	Transferred to Portland^[2]
Robby Beasley	13	G	6' 3"	188	Senior	San Ramon, CA	Graduated
Jason Rivera-Torres	23	G/F	6' 7"	190	Sophomore	The Bronx, NY	Transferred to Monmouth
Karl Markus Poom	34	F	6' 8"	210	Freshman	Tartu, Estonia	Walk-on; Transferred to Northern Arizona
Drew Ardouin	45	G	6' 4"	181	Junior	Atascadero, CA	Transferred to Cal Poly Humboldt^[3]
Marcus Williams	55	G	6' 2"	200	Senior	Dickinson, TX	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Mookie Cook	1	F	6' 6"	215	Junior	Portland, OR	Oregon^[4]
Aidan Braccia	2	G	6' 1"	170	Junior	Hillsborough, CA	Belmont^[5]
Vukasin Masic	7	G	6' 5"	220	Graduate Student	Belgrade, Serbia	Portland^[6]
David Fuchs	8	F	6' 9"	245	Junior	Vienna, Austria	Rhode Island^[7]
Guillermo Diaz Graham	25	F	7' 0"	220	Senior	Canary Islands, Spain	Pittsburgh^[8]

Recruiting classes

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Legend Smiley SG	Seattle, WA	Link Academy (MO)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	May 25, 2025
Legend Smiley SG	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (82)
Weilun Zhao G	Varese, Italy	Overtime Elite/Pallacanestro Varese	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	May 16, 2025
Weilun Zhao G	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Overall recruit ranking: Scout: NR Rivals: NR ESPN: NR
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2025 San Francisco Dons Basketball Commits". Rivals. "2025 San Francisco Dons Basketball Commits". Scout. "ESPN". ESPN. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout. "2025 Team Ranking". Rivals.

2026 recruiting class

College recruiting information (2026)
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Andrew Hillman SG	San Francisco, CA	Archbishop Riordan High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sep 16, 2025
Andrew Hillman SG	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (82)
Mason Magee PG	Chandler, AZ	Basha High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Oct 10, 2025
Mason Magee PG	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (82)
Overall recruit ranking: Rivals: 38 247Sports: 81 ESPN: NR
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2026 San Francisco Dons Basketball Commits". Rivals. "2026 San Francisco Dons Basketball Commits". Scout. "ESPN". ESPN. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout. "2026 Team Ranking". Rivals.

Roster

2025–26 San Francisco Dons men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Ryan Beasley	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Dougherty Valley HS	San Ramon, CA
F	1	Mookie Cook	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Oregon	Portland, OR
G	2	Aidan Braccia (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	RS Jr	Belmont	Hillsborough, CA
F	3	Ndewedo Newbury	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	GS	The Loomis Chaffee School	London, England
G	5	Tyrone Riley IV	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	St. Pius X-St. Matthias	Downey, CA
G	7	Vukasin Masic	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	GS	Portland	Belgrade, Serbia
F	8	David Fuchs	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Jr	Rhode Island	Vienna, Austria
C	10	Saba Gigiberia	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	GS	Georgia Tech	Tbilisi, Georgia
G	12	Isa Silva	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Sr	Long Beach State	Sacramento, CA
G	13	Legend Smiley	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Link Academy (MO)	Seattle, WA
G/F	14	Veniamin Abosi	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Olympiacos B.C.	Heraklion, Greece
G/F	21	Sean Blakely Drummond (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	SoCal Academy	Palo Alto, CA
G	23	Weilun Zhao	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Overtime Elite/Pallacanestro Varese	Varese, Italy
F	25	Guillermo Díaz Graham	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Pittsburgh	Canary Islands, Spain
F	35	Junjie Wang	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Jr	NBA Global Academy	Xuzhou, China

Head coach

Chris Gerlufsen (Randolph–Macon)

Assistant coach(es)

Michael Plank (Willamette)
Jay Duncan (Northwood)
Kyle Bankhead (Gonzaga)
Vinnie McGhee (Cal State Northridge)
Frankie Ferrari (San Francisco)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 12, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 25, 2025* 7:00 p.m.	Utah State	L 74–79	–	25 – Beasley	7 – Fuchs	6 – Fuchs	Sobrato Center (2,575) San Francisco, CA
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	UC Santa Cruz	W 98–53	1–0	18 – Smiley	9 – Cook	9 – Masic	Sobrato Center (848) San Francisco, CA
November 8, 2025* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Memphis	L 70–76	1–1	18 – Cook	7 – Cook	4 – Masic	FedExForum (10,398) Memphis, TN
November 12, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Portland State	W 80–70	2–1	23 – Beasley	6 – Tied	4 – Beasley	Sobrato Center (1,123) San Francisco, CA
November 15, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Bradley	W 75–64	3–1	23 – Beasley	12 – Fuchs	5 – Beasley	Sobrato Center (2,182) San Francisco, CA
November 18, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Northwestern State Acrisure Series on-campus game	W 84–64	4–1	15 – Cook	5 – Tied	4 – Tied	Sobrato Center (1,280) San Francisco, CA
November 22, 2025* 2:30 p.m., Peacock/NBCSN	vs. Minnesota	W 77–65	5–1	24 – Beasley	6 – Tied	4 – Tied	Sanford Pentagon (2,467) Sioux Falls, SD
November 27, 2025* 11:00 AM, CBSSN	vs. Colorado Acrisure Holiday Classic semifinal	L 69–79	5–2	13 – Tied	5 – Tied	4 – Fuchs	Acrisure Arena Thousand Palms, CA
November 28, 2025* 11:00 a.m., TruTV	vs. Nevada Acrisure Holiday Classic third-place game	L 65–81	5–3	16 – Fuchs	9 – Fuchs	4 – Beasley	Acrisure Arena Thousand Palms, CA
December 3, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	North Alabama	L 53–55	5–4	12 – Cook	8 – Gigiberia	4 – Riley IV	Sobrato Center (1,864) San Francisco, CA
December 7, 2025* 1:00 p.m., SECN	vs. Mississippi State T Town Tipoff	W 65–62	6–4	16 – Riley IV	11 – Cook	5 – Cook	Cadence Bank Arena Tupelo, MS
December 13, 2025* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Saint Louis	L 75–85	6–5	21 – Beasley	7 – Cook	4 – Cook	Chaifetz Arena (5,814) St. Louis, MO
December 17, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Loyola Chicago	W 85–71	7–5	22 – Riley IV	9 – Riley IV	5 – Tied	Chase Center (2,784) San Francisco, CA
December 21, 2025* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	Morgan State	W 94–64	8–5	23 – Fuchs	10 – Riley IV	3 – Tied	Sobrato Center (1,684) San Francisco, CA
WCC regular season
December 28, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Seattle						Redhawk Center Seattle, WA
December 30, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Oregon State						Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
January 2, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	San Diego						Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA
January 4, 2026 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	Portland						Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA
January 8, 2026 8:00 p.m., CBSSN	at Loyola Marymount						Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
January 10, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Pepperdine						Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
January 13, 2026 8:00 p.m., ESPN2	Saint Mary's						Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA
January 18, 2026 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	Washington State						Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA
January 24, 2026 5:00 p.m., CBSSN	at Gonzaga						McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
January 28, 2026 8:00 p.m., CBSSN	at Santa Clara						Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
January 31, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Pacific						Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA
February 4, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Loyola Marymount						Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA
February 7, 2026 8:30 p.m., ESPN2	at Saint Mary's						University Credit Union Pavilion Moraga, CA
February 12, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN	Oregon State						Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA
February 15, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at San Diego						Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
February 18, 2026 8.00 p.m., ESPN	No. 21 Gonzaga						Chase Center San Francisco, CA
February 21, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN	Santa Clara						Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA
February 28, 2026 3:00 p.m., CBSSN	at Pacific						Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Source:^[9]

References

^ Seigel, Daniel (May 10, 2025). "COMMITMENT: UVA basketball lands San Francisco transfer guard Malik Thomas". Retrieved October 8, 2025.
^ "Pilots sign transfer big James O'Donnell". portlandpilots.com. May 12, 2025.
^ "Cal Poly Humboldt Signs University of San Francisco Transfer, Drew Ardouin". humboldtathletics.com. May 12, 2025.
^ "Men's Basketball Lands Former McDonald's All-American Mookie Cook". usfdons.com. April 15, 2025.
^ "San Francisco Signs Guard Aidan Braccia". usfdons.com. May 7, 2025.
^ "Dons Add Sharpshooting Guard Vukasin Masic". usfdons.com. April 28, 2025.
^ "San Francisco Signs Forward David Fuchs". usfdons.com. April 25, 2025.
^ "San Francisco Inks Forward Guillermo Diaz Graham". usfdons.com. April 29, 2025.
^ "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". USFDons.com. Retrieved October 8, 2025.

[1] Seigel, Daniel (May 10, 2025). "COMMITMENT: UVA basketball lands San Francisco transfer guard Malik Thomas". Retrieved October 8, 2025.

[2] "Pilots sign transfer big James O'Donnell". portlandpilots.com. May 12, 2025.

[3] "Cal Poly Humboldt Signs University of San Francisco Transfer, Drew Ardouin". humboldtathletics.com. May 12, 2025.

[4] "Men's Basketball Lands Former McDonald's All-American Mookie Cook". usfdons.com. April 15, 2025.

[5] "San Francisco Signs Guard Aidan Braccia". usfdons.com. May 7, 2025.

[6] "Dons Add Sharpshooting Guard Vukasin Masic". usfdons.com. April 28, 2025.

[7] "San Francisco Signs Forward David Fuchs". usfdons.com. April 25, 2025.

[8] "San Francisco Inks Forward Guillermo Diaz Graham". usfdons.com. April 29, 2025.

[9] "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". USFDons.com. Retrieved October 8, 2025.

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