Breaking down Nevada men's basketball's projected depth chart for 2025-26 season

With the Nevada men's basketball team's roster almost fully completed, we can now take an in-depth look at my projected depth chart for the 2025-26 season. There could still be some tinkering ahead, but the Wolf Pack has 13 scholarship players with a maximum of 15 in the House settlement is approved as written (the current NCAA max is 13). Here's our projected depth chart and analysis of the Wolf Pack's roster for next season.

Nevada's 2025-26 projected depth chart

Point guard: Tayshawn Comer/Myles Walker/Jordan Malmlov (walk-on)

Comer is an addition from Evansville (and Eastern Kentucky before that) who is likely to run the show for the Wolf Pack. He's played in 100 college games with 98 starts and averaged 10.6 points, 3.6 assists, 2.8 rebounds and 1.1 steals in his career. His career assist-to-turnover rate (357 to 240) and shooting percentages (37.8 percent from the field and 32.3 percent from three) are not ideal for a starting point guard, but he has experience, toughness and can get to the free throw line (6.2 attempts per game last season). Walker was the starting point guard for the nation's No. 2 ranked high school last season. He's likely a developmental piece, but you can't rule him out earning a rotation role if he's more advanced than the scouting websites project (Walker is an unrated prospect, per 247Sports.com). Walker averaged 3.9 steals per game last season and made 43 percent of his threes, but he's currently third in line for the "small point guard" role behind Comer and Tyler Rolison.

Shooting guard: Tyler Rolison/Chuck Bailey III/Amire Robinson

It's not ideal to start a 6-0 guard (Rolison) alongside a 6-1 guard (Comer), but that's our current projection. It seems unlikely Rolison would have stuck around at Nevada for his junior season if he was asked to back up Comer. Rolison is best positioned in an attack guard position, anyway. He does have point guard skills, but he's more suited to hunt his own shot. We've seen MW teams thrive with smaller backcourts, including San Diego State's national runner-up team in 2023 and New Mexico's Mountain West Tournament title winners in 2024. So, this isn't too far-fetched, although the Wolf Pack has a variety of options in the backcourt. Rolison is the team's top returning player after averaging 7.4 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.0 assists last season. Bailey III averaged just 2.4 ppg for Nevada last year after tallying 8.4 ppg as a freshman an Evansville the season prior. He'll be hard-pressed for a major role. Robinson redshirted last year after playing sparingly as a freshman.

Small forward: Corey Camper Jr./Vaughn Weems/Peyton White

All three of these players are newcomers with Camper Jr. a transfer from UTEP, Weems a junior-college add and White a prep recruit. We'll slot Camper Jr. here given his Division I experience. The 6-5 wing was honorable mention all-league in Conference USA last season while making the all-defensive team. It's the defense that should earn him a starting job as he's the new-look version of Tré Coleman. Camper can scorer, averaging a career-best 10.5 points per game last season with 3.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals. Like many on the roster, efficiency was an issue. At the D-I level, he's shot 40.3 percent, including 32.1 percent from three. Upping that 3-point mark would be big. Weems was the No. 2 JuCo scorer last season at 26.7 ppg. He filled the stat sheet and will make the transition to D-I. White is a three-star recruit from Southern California's Crespi High who has a college-ready body. There's plenty of competition here, but he could earn some minutes.

Power forward: Elijah Price/Kaleb Lowery/Ethan Croley

This position also includes three newcomers, although Price is one of the MW's top returning players, albeit at a new school. At Fresno State as a redshirt freshman last season, the 6-9 Price averaged 10.5 points and 8.3 rebounds with 40-plus blocks and steals. He shot 6.5 free throws per game, so he had success attacking the rim. He's long, versatile and plays hard with an offensive game limited to the paint right now (he made just 4-of-38 threes). Rounding out his offensive game is the next step in Price's development, but he has the highest upside on the team. Lowery spent five seasons in the NAIA where he was one of the top players at that level the last four years. He's got good size at 6-8 and made 37.6 percent from three in his career. Nevada could use that outside shooting if it carries over the D-I level. Croley is one of three freshmen on the roster, and given the construction of the team, he's a long shot to see the court and is a good redshirt candidate.

Center: Joel Armotrading/Jeriah Coleman

The Wolf Pack has two true centers on its roster, including Armotrading, a UC Riverside transfer who seems to have the inside track on the starting job due to his size (6-10, 225), rebounding ability (6.5 rpg last season) and rim protection (40 blocks last year). Armotrading is entering his sixth college season as a proven D-I player. Coleman also enters his third year with the Wolf Pack. Despite good size (7-0) and athleticism, Coleman has struggled to get big minutes at the D-I level (70 games, 4.6 minutes per game). Nevada has the option to play small with Price or Lowery at center, but Armotrading in the five spot seems like the move.

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We addressed some of the roster's strengths and weaknesses in this week's Monday Mailbag. The biggest weakness, on paper, is shooting as Nevada's roster has shot 31.5 percent from three at the Division I level with nobody above 35 percent in their career. Adding one shooter would round out the roster, which has a lot more flexibility and competition than a season ago. Last year at this time, we already knew the starting five. This year, there are eight potential starters fighting for five spots. Outside of the smaller backcourt, this team has good size and will be more athletic than a season ago. Also of note, four of Nevada's 13 scholarship players are only eligible this season because junior-college/NAIA players were given an additional year of eligibility in 2025-26 following a lawsuit. Those four are Armotrading, Lowery, Camper Jr. and Coleman. While this year's team isn't quite as old as the one Nevada had last season, there five players in their fourth year of college or later, so experience is a plus.

Columnist Chris Murray provides insight on Northern Nevada sports. Contact him at crmurray@sbgtv.com or follow him on Twitter @ByChrisMurray.