November 9, 2025
Here are the defending NCAA men's basketball champions:
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#23 LAFAYETTE General
Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown
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Porter Prado 2 C Fr 6-10 237 Yes 62 OK Blackwood, NJ
Paul Clough 3 PG Fr 6-0 181 Yes 64 OK Hawthorne, NJ
Kenton Lashley 10 SG Sr* 6-2 203 Yes 91 OK Savannah, GA
Kamari Stone 11 PG Sr 6-2 208 Yes 68 OK Somerdale, NJ
Duncan Sims 14 PG So 6-2 200 Yes 98 OK Easton, PA
Theodore Beckett 15 PF Sr* 6-8 242 Yes 62 OK Satellite Beach, FL
Charles Allen 20 SF Jr 6-3 207 Yes 30 OK Lincolndale, NY
Carter Todd 22 C Jr 6-10 229 Yes 57 OK Hillside, NJ
Carlos Arreola 25 SF So 6-5 236 No 42 Unhappy San Jose, CA
Carl McGriff 33 SF Jr 6-8 239 Yes 88 OK Valhalla, NY
David Farrell 42 C So 6-7 228 Yes 85 OK Lynchburg, VA
Bret Bryant 44 PF So 6-10 232 Yes 98 OK Newark, NJ
Henry Virgil 54 SG Fr 6-3 181 No 15 OK St Johnsville, NY
Finn Mills 55 PF So 6-11 254 Yes 67 Redshirt Maitland, Australia
And here's how they did in preseason training:
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#23 LAFAYETTE Training Results
Player Ins Jps Fts 3ps Hnd Pas Orb Drb Psd Prd Stl Blk Qkn Str Jmp Sta
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Porter Prado 10 2 2 2 2 2 4 8 6 2 2 2 1 8 2 10
Paul Clough 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 2 2 4 4 40
Kenton Lashley 2 11 3 2 3 3 2 2 8 9 1 3 1 2 1 5
Kamari Stone 0 4 10 2 1 5 1 2 3 11 7 3 1 1 1 7
Duncan Sims 2 3 4 4 5 5 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 2 0 4
Theodore Beckett 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 2 0 7
Charles Allen 3 5 4 7 0 1 3 3 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 0
Carter Todd 11 1 0 0 1 1 6 8 6 1 1 6 0 3 1 10
Carlos Arreola 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 8
Carl McGriff 1 6 1 3 3 3 3 3 13 0 2 3 1 3 1 6
David Farrell 3 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 1 2 1 3 0 15
Bret Bryant 4 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 1 4 1 3 1 5
Henry Virgil 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 2 4 6 4 1 4 0 14
Finn Mills 3 1 1 1 2 1 4 5 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 11
Coach Graham Sims believes he has one of the nation's best guard tandems in
Kenton Lashley and
Kamari Stone.
Lashley, a fifth-year senior, is highly regarded as one of the best leaders in college basketball. Already one of the nation's best outside shooters, Lashley took thousands of shots during the off-season and worked just as tenaciously at his defense. K-Lash is also one of the NCAA's most dynamic dunkers.
Stone enters his senior year with 73 career starts at point guard. He is a fine passer and a reliable ballhandler who rarely turns the ball over. Smart and lightning quick, Kamari is an extremely good defensive player.
Junior
Charles Allen is the "small forward" in Lafayette's three-guard lineup. Charles responded well to an increased role last season, and he appears poised to take another step forward in 2025/26. Look for him to provide a real threat from behind the three-point arc.
Carl McGriff returns to the starting five, but in a new role as the four. Last season, he distinguished himself as a "sneaky" offensive threat who punished teams who focused too much on the Leopards' explosive perimeter scorers. Carl can also be trusted to guard the other team's most dangerous big man.
Junior
Carter Todd has paid his dues, and will start at center. He demonstrated the ability to score and rebound in a reserve role last year, and worked hard on his inside game during the preseason.
Last year's team had the nation's best sixth man in
Micah Rodriguez, who turned professional a year early. There's nobody to take Rodriguez's place this season, but Coach Sims will have a solid nine-man rotation.
Sophomore
Bret Bryant will be the primary backup at all three frontcourt positions. His best position is probably "basketball player," such is the variety of his talents.
Duncan Sims will probably always have to contend with trolls who believe his place on the team is solely the result of his status as
Graham Sims' son. As a freshman, Duncan shot well enough to shut the trolls up, playing four minutes a game. Will he respond to the challenge of being the first guard off the bench?
If he can't, freshman
Paul Clough will pass him in the rotation. Clough is a very similar player, without Sims' cash-money jumper. Clough's efforts to develop his stamina seem almost superhuman. Another freshman, big man
Peter Prado, will also see quite a bit of the court.
Senior
Theodore Beckett and sophomore
David Farrell provide more frontcourt depth.
While it's never easy to defend a national championship, this year's Lafayette team should be able to give it a good shot. Lashley and Stone are Blue/Blue stars. Allen is a Green/Blue guy, while McGriff and Todd are solid Green/Green quality. That's a tough starting five.
The bench is deep and talented. Bryant, Sims, and Clough are all Yellow players now; Sims' potential is Blue and Bryant's and Clough's are Green. Prado is an Orange/Green player.
The Leopards open the season in the Top 25 for the first time; they're #23 in the first poll. Where will we be when the season ends?