2025–26 Portland Pilots men's basketball team

2025–26 Portland Pilots men's basketball
2025–26 Portland Pilots men's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	7–4 (0–0 WCC)
Head coach	Shantay Legans (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Arturo Ormond; Mark Berokoff; Anthony Separovich; Decclan Mclean; Matthew Meyer;
Home arena	Chiles Center

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	–	10	–	2	.833
Seattle	0	–	0	–	10	–	2	.833
Pacific	0	–	0	–	9	–	4	.692
Santa Clara	0	–	0	–	9	–	4	.692
Loyola Marymount	0	–	0	–	8	–	4	.667
San Francisco	0	–	0	–	8	–	5	.615
Portland	0	–	0	–	7	–	5	.583
Oregon State	0	–	0	–	7	–	6	.538
San Diego	0	–	0	–	5	–	6	.455
Pepperdine	0	–	0	–	5	–	8	.385
Washington State	0	–	0	–	5	–	8	.385

† 2026 WCC tournament winner As of December 21, 2025 Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Portland Pilots men's basketball team represents the University of Portland during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pilots, led by fifth-year head coach Shantay Legans, play their home games at the Chiles Center as members of the West Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Pilots finished the 2024–25 season 12–20, 7–11 in WCC play to finish in eighth place. They lost in second round to Pepperdine in the WCC Tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Mezziah Oakman	1	C	7'0"	230	Junior	New York, NY	Transferred to Cal State Monterey Bay
Max Mackinnon	3	G	6'6"	200	Junior	Brisbane, Australia	Transferred to LSU
Jinup Dobuol	4	G	6'8"	180	Freshman	Saint Paul, MN	Transferred to Monmouth
Chris Austin	5	G	6'4"	210	Graduate Student	Pasadena, CA	Graduated
Vukasin Masic	7	G	6'5"	210	Senior	Belgrade, Serbia	Transferred to San Francisco
Coleman Lemke	10	F	6'8"	190	Junior	Las Vegas, NV	Walk-on; transferred
Vincent Delano	11	G	6'2"	175	Freshman	Phoenix, AZ	Transferred to Northern Colorado
Jude Harris	13	G	6'5"	205	Freshman	Manhattan Beach, CA	Walk-on; transferred to Point Loma Nazarene
Wyatt Miller	20	G	5'10"	165	Freshman	Santa Barbara, CA	Walk-on; transferred
Austin Rapp	22	F	6'10"	230	Freshman	Melbourne, Australia	Transferred to Wisconsin
Todd Jones	23	F	6'9"	205	Freshman	New Orleans, LA	Transferred to Louisiana
Bol Dengdit	24	F	6'11"	210	Sophomore	Melbourne, Australia	Transferred to UC San Diego

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Matúš Hronský	7	F	6'8"	205	Senior	Poruba, Slovakia	Duquesne
Garrett Nuckolls	10	G	6'6"	193	Junior	Bullard, TX	Trinity Valley CC
Riley Parker	11	G	6'2"	195	Senior	Mandurah, Australia	Saint Francis (PA)
James O'Donnell	14	F	6' 10"	230	Sophomore	Sydney, Australia	San Francisco^[1]

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	Height	Weight
		N/A	N/A
	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: "Portland Pilots 2025 Basketball Commitments". Rivals. "2025 Portland Pilots Basketball Commits". Scout. "ESPN 2025 Portland Pilots Basketball recruits". ESPN. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout. "2025 Team Ranking". Rivals.

Roster

2025–26 Portland Pilots men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
C	0	Jermaine Ballisager Webb	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Sr	Montverde American	Stjær, Denmark
F	7	Matúš Hronský	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Wasatch Academy (UT) Duquesne	Poruba, Slovakia
G	8	Preston Lee (W)	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Orange Lutheran HS	Laguna Hills, CA
G	9	Carlin Briggs (W)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Fr	Australia Centre of Excellence	Melbourne, Australia
G	10	Garrett Nuckolls	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Bullard HS Trinity Valley CC	Bullard, TX
G	11	Riley Parker	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Mandurah Catholic College Saint Francis (PA)	Mandurah, Australia
G	12	Kelson Gebbers (W)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS So	Brewster HS	Brewster, WA
F	14	James O'Donnell	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Fr	Centre of Excellence San Francisco	Sydney, Australia
G	21	NaVaughn Long (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS Fr	Granada HS	Livermore, CA
G	44	Mikah Ballew	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	SoCal Academy	Palmdale, CA

Head coach

Shantay Legans (Fresno State)

Assistant coach(es)

Arturo Ormond (UTPA)
Mark Berokoff (Regis)
Anthony Separovich (Bloomfield)
Decclan Mclean (Swinburne Tech)
Matthew Mayer (Illinois)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Willamette	W 120–83	1–0	25 – Williams	10 – Nuckolls	5 – Tied	Chiles Center (1,008) Portland, OR
November 6, 2025* 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	W 83–74	2–0	15 – Ballew	10 – O'Donnell	10 – Foxwell	Chiles Center (792) Portland, OR
November 9, 2025* 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	UC Davis	W 67–63	3–0	23 – Foxwell	6 – George	3 – Foxwell	Chiles Center (948) Portland, OR
November 15, 2025* 6:00 p.m., MW Network	at Wyoming	L 56–93	3–1	12 – George	7 – George	2 – Tied	Arena-Auditorium (3,428) Laramie, WY
November 21, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Cal State Fullerton Portland Invitational	W 103–85	4–1	24 – Foxwell	8 – O'Donnell	6 – Ballisager Webb	Chiles Center (1,118) Portland, OR
November 22, 2025* 5:00 pm, ESPN+	Northern Colorado Portland Invitational	L 80–86 ^OT	4–2	15 – Williams	8 – Foxwell	10 – Foxwell	Chiles Center (1,116) Portland, OR
November 23, 2025* 1:00 pm, ESPN+	St. Thomas Portland Invitational	L 66–76	4–3	17 – George	9 – Williams	8 – Foxwell	Chiles Center (983) Portland, OR
November 26, 2025* 7:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m.	Long Beach State	W 93–73	5–3	19 – Tied	6 – George	7 – Foxwell	Chiles Center (829) Portland, OR
December 1, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+	at Stanford	L 72–94	5–4	22 – Williams	9 – O'Donnell	3 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (2,284) Stanford, CA
December 5, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Lewis & Clark	W 104–87	6–4	32 – O'Donnell	10 – O'Donnell	10 – Foxwell	Chiles Center (470) Portland, OR
December 14, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Kent State	W 88–78	7–4	20 – Williams	8 – Nuckolls	15 – Foxwell	Chiles Center (1,033) Portland, OR
December 17, 2025* 8:00 p.m., BTN	at Oregon	L 69–94	7–5	21 – Foxwell	11 – Williams	8 – Foxwell	Matthew Knight Arena (4,479) Eugene, Oregon
December 22, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC Santa Barbara						The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA
WCC regular season
December 28, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Washington State						Chiles Center Portland, OR
December 30, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Santa Clara						Chiles Center Portland, OR
January 2, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Saint Mary's						University Credit Union Pavilion Moraga, CA
January 4, 2026 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	at San Francisco						Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA
January 8, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Pacific						Chiles Center Portland, OR
January 10, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Oregon State						Chiles Center Portland, OR
January 14, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Pepperdine						Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
January 17, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Loyola Marymount						Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
January 24, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Saint Mary's						Chiles Center Portland, OR
January 28, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Pacific						Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
January 31, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Washington State						Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
February 4, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 21 Gonzaga						Chiles Center Portland, OR
February 7, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Seattle						Chiles Center Portland, OR
February 11, 2026 TBA, ESPN+	at San Diego						Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
February 18, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Pepperdine						Chiles Center Portland, OR
February 21, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Seattle						Redhawk Center Seattle, WA
February 25, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Gonzaga						McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
February 28, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	San Diego						Chiles Center Portland, OR
WCC tournament
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source^[2]

References

^ "Pilots sign transfer big James O'Donnell". portlandpilots.com. 2025-05-12.
^ "2025–26 Men's Basketball Schedule". portlandpilots.com.

[1] "Pilots sign transfer big James O'Donnell". portlandpilots.com. 2025-05-12.

[2] "2025–26 Men's Basketball Schedule". portlandpilots.com.

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