Brumbaugh Named American Preseason Player of the Year; Wave Picked Third in the League

IRVING, Texas – Tulane men's basketball redshirt junior Rowan Brumbaugh was selected as the Preseason Player of the Year in the American Conference as the Green Wave was voted to place third in the league 2025-26 coaches' poll, the conference office released Thursday.

Brumbaugh was named the Preseason Player of the Year and a unanimous selection to the Preseason All-Conference First Team after helping lead Tulane to 19-15 record including 12-6 in the league. He returns for his second season with the Green Wave as the highest scoring returner in the American after averaging 15.53 points per game in 2024-25. Brumbaugh also enters his second year in the conference as the leading returner in assists after averaging 4.8 per game.

The Georgetown transfer recorded 31 games scoring in double figures during his first season in Uptown including nine 20-point performances and a pair of double-doubles. He tallied 17 games with at least five assists and another nine games with at least three steals as well.

Senior guard Asher Woods also garnered preseason honors from the league as he was named to the Preseason All-Conference Second Team. Woods finished the 2024-25 campaign third in scoring for the Wave averaging 11.5 points per game.

The senior guard posted 20 games with double figures in scoring for the Green Wave last season including four performances with at least 20 points. He also paced Tulane from the charity stripe connecting at an 85.4 percent clip from the free throw line which ranked fourth in the conference.

Tulane was voted to place third in the American Preseason Coaches' Poll after finishing fourth in the league a season ago. The Green Wave returns seven players from last year's squad including Brumbaugh and Woods. Other key returners who saw the court for the Wave last season include senior Percy Daniels, redshirt sophomore Tyler Ringgold, and sophomore KJ Greene.

Meanwhile, during the offseason the Green Wave loaded the rest of the roster with talent from the transfer portal and the 2025 recruiting class. The newcomers for Tulane are highlighted by transfers Davion Bradford (ETSU), Scotty Middleton (Seton Hall), Josiah Moore (Oral Roberts), and Curtis Williams Jr. (Georgetown). Meanwhile, the incoming freshmen for the Wave include Robert Moore from Charleston, South Carolina, and Vasilije Kuridza of Banja Luka, Bosnia.

Tulane opens the 2025-26 season with an exhibition game against Centenary College on October 28 before starting the regular season at home against Samford on November 3. Conference play will begin on December 31 for the Green Wave at East Carolina.

2025-26 American Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll

	Preseason Poll	Points
1	Memphis (11)	143
2	South Florida (2)	128
3	Tulane	122
4	UAB	98
5	Wichita State	93
6	Florida Atlantic	80
7	North Texas	77
8	Tulsa	74
9	Temple	65
10	East Carolina	53
11	UTSA	32
12	Rice	27
13	Charlotte	22

First-place votes in parenthesis

Preseason Player of the Year
Rowan Brumbaugh, R-Jr., G, Tulane

Preseason Freshman of the Year
Josiah Parker, G, Florida Atlantic

Preseason All-Conference First Team
Jordan Riley, Sr., G, East Carolina
Aaron Bradshaw, Jr., F, Memphis
Dug McDaniel, Sr., G, Memphis
Rowan Brumbaugh, R-Jr., G, Tulane*
Kenyon Giles, Sr., G, Wichita State

Preseason All-Conference Second Team
Daimion Collins, R-Sr., F, South Florida
Izaiyah Nelson, Sr., F, South Florida
Vasean Allette, Jr., G, UTSA
Asher Woods, Sr., G, Tulane
David Green, Gr., F, Tulsa
* denotes unanimous selection

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Brumbaugh Named American Preseason Player of the Year; Wave Picked Third in the League

Players Mentioned

Davion Bradford

Rowan Brumbaugh

Percy Daniels

KJ Greene

Vasilije Kuridza

Scotty Middleton

Josiah Moore

Robert Moore

Tyler Ringgold

Curtis Williams Jr.

Asher Woods

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