{"id":284784,"date":"2026-05-26T15:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/284784\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:03:09","slug":"miami-mens-basketball-roster-set-for-2026-27-season-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/284784\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami men&#8217;s basketball: Roster set for 2026-27 season | Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Miami basketball\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1675\" height=\"1237\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6a1543d766d54.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"148\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Miami\u2019s Evan Ipsaro shoots a free throw during the RedHawks\u2019 game against Wright State on Dec. 16, 2025, at the Nutter Center. KYLE HENDRIX \/ CONTRIBUTED<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journal-news.com\/users\/profile\/guest5656fb37f6913461d36d5572\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KYLE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OXFORD \u2014 The Miami University men\u2019s basketball team will enter the 2026-27 season with a retooled roster but a proven standard.<\/p>\n<p>The RedHawks, coming off a historic 32-2 season that included an 18-0 Mid-American Conference record, an NCAA tournament at-large bid and a First Four win over SMU, return guard Evan Ipsaro, guard Luke Skaljac and forward Almar Atlason as key pieces for Miami fifth-year coach Travis Steele.<\/p>\n<p>Miami\u2019s roster lists 16 players \u2014 including several transfers and three freshmen \u2014 for next season.<\/p>\n<p>Ipsaro, a senior from Covington Catholic, gives Miami one of its most important returning guards. He averaged 13.9 points and 3.3 assists in 12 games last season before his injury, while Skaljac averaged 10.3 points and a team-high 149 assists. Atlason averaged 9.9 points and shot 36.4% from 3-point range. Skaljac is coming off surgery after tearing his ACL last season.<\/p>\n<p>The RedHawks also added size through transfers Preston Copeland, Rich Rolf and Stevie Elam, while freshmen Alan Horton, Anthony Fresh and Danny Kelly join the program.<\/p>\n<p>Key losses include transfers Eian Elmer, Brant Byers and Trey Perry. Peter Suder, Antwone Woolfolk and Eli Yofan graduated.<\/p>\n<p>2026-27 Miami men\u2019s basketball roster<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Skaljac\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1675\" height=\"1237\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6a1543d787b62.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"148\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Miami\u2019s Luke Skaljac hustles down the court during their game against Wright State on Dec. 16, 2025 at the Nutter Center. KYLE HENDRIX \/ CONTRIBUTED KYLE<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journal-news.com\/users\/profile\/guest5656fb37f6913461d36d5572\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KYLE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami\u2019s Evan Ipsaro shoots a free throw during the RedHawks\u2019 game against Wright State on Dec. 16, 2025,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-284784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}