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The 2026-27 college basketball season is right around the corner, so let’s dive into the Marquette men’s basketball roster and take a look at what to expect from each player this season. Going forward in these Player Previews, we’ll be going in this order: The two freshmen going in alphabetical order by last name then doing the same for the three transfers, then moving on to the redshirt freshmen. After that, it’s the seven players returning from last year’s roster going in order of average minutes played per game last season.
We’re going to organize our thoughts about the upcoming season as it relates to each player into categories, as we always do:
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With that out of the way, we turn our attention to the first of the three transfers joining the roster this season, and perhaps the most potentially impactful transfer…
Sananda Fru
Senior — #11 — Forward — 6’11” — 250 lbs — Berlin, Germany
Sananda Fru comes over to Marquette via the transfer portal after one year at Louisville. Yes, he’s listed as a senior here even though he was only with the Cardinals for one season because the NCAA approved him for just two years of eligibility after playing for Loewen Braunschweig for four years over in Germany. Does he have more eligibility now that the NCAA switched things to five years/five seasons? Maybe? In theory? I thiiiiiiiink he fits the profile age-wise to return next season, and Marquette labeling him a Senior and not 5th Year does kind of lean in that direction, doesn’t it??
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Well, that’s a conversation for a future date, I suppose.
As for what he did in actual college basketball action, Fru appeared in all 35 games for the Cardinals in 2025-26, starting 29 times as they went 24-11 and earned a second straight NCAA tournament appearance under the direction of head coach Pat Kelsey. He started Louisville’s first 29 contests of the season, earning four KenPom.com MVP honors along the way. For whatever reason, Fru lost his…
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