OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The Evergreen State College men's basketball team is listed 10th in the 2026-27 Cascade Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Preseason Poll released by the conference office. Evergreen finished the 2025-26 season with a 4-18 overall record and a 4-16 record in the CCC. The Geoducks scored over 100 points twice and earned 99 points once during the season.
College of Idaho was ranked first in the Preseason Poll with 111 total points and three first place votes. The Yotes were 21-11 last year and ended the regular season in a three-way tie for third place in the CCC at 14-6.
Following C of I in the poll was Eastern Oregon University in second with 105 points and four first place votes. Lewis-Clark State College was third with 103 points and two first place votes. Oregon Tech was fourth with 88 points and Corban University held fifth place with 75 points. Oregon Tech and Corban each received one first place vote.
Southern Oregon University was listed sixth in the poll with 69 points. Bushnell University was next in seventh place with 58 points, and Northwest University was eighth with 46 points. Warner Pacific University led ninth with 31 points, Evergreen was 10th with 24 points, and Walla Walla University was 11th with 16 points.
Lewis-Clark State and Eastern Oregon tied for the CCC regular season title last year at 16-4. Corban, which tied for sixth in the CCC at 10-10 during the regular season, won the CCC Tournament title.
Top returning players for Evergreen are
Kenzel Massey (Jr., W),
Jacob Laff (Jr., W),
Tyler No (Sr., G), and
Jayson Mathews (Sr., G). Massey averaged 8.3 points per game last season while competing in 16 games and making four starts. He grabbed 3.0 rebounds per contest and averaged 1.4 steals per game.
Laff saw action in all 22 games with two starts in 2025-26. He provided the Geoducks with 5.5 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. He shot 43.7% on 3-pointers, hitting 31 of 71 attempts. No averaged 4.7 points, 1.1 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game last year, while playing in 20 games with 13 starts. Mathews played in all 22 games and made two starts. He contributed 4.3 points 1.8 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game.
Evergreen will open the season with six exhibition games, including a matchup at home against the University of Hawai at Hilo on Wednesday, Nov. 11. Game time at the Costantino Recreation Center is set for 5 p.m. PST. The Geoducks will play their first regular season game against Southern Oregon University at the CRC on Friday, Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m.
