Monmouth men’s basketball season preview | Exclusive

Monmouth men’s basketball head coach King Rice says losing in last season’s Coastal Athletic Association Tournament championship game – and thus the automatic bid to March Madness – still bothers him. But he’s done something about it and he’s back with a team assembled to potentially make another run.

Late additions of Jack Collins and Madison Durr, two players entering their fifth year, along with depth in the back court, the presence of hungry newcomers and a deep rotation have combined to lift the team’s outlook for the 2026-27 season.

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Monmouth’s Stefan Marjanovic (Oct. 24, 2026)

Monmouth will open the new season Monday on the road at St. John’s, No. 14 in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll, as part of an early-season slate of high-major and regional matchups.

Monmouth basketball in 2026-27 has some new kids on the block

In today’s college basketball world, many teams have a new look each year due to transfers — and Monmouth isn’t an exception. Lo Walker is a 6-foot-4 redshirt senior who hails from North Carolina A&T and averaged 16.6 points in five games for the Aggies last year. Junior Jakai Sanders is a 6-foo-3 quick and strong guard that transferred over from Le Moyne. Sophomore Ashton Walker is a 6-foot-5 guard that came this way from La Salle.

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Not only did these guards show in an exhibition game last week against Seton Hall that they can get to the paint with ease with their quickness, but they crash boards, too.

Rice, referencing the loss to Hofstra in the CAC Tournament final as being tied to rebounding issues, said winning the boards is a point of emphasis.

“Every practice we talk about (rebounding) or he mentions (it),” Ashton Walker said. “We do box out drills, and rebound drills and we’re really big on that. He talks about the amount of offensive rebounds they gave up in the…

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