Six Racers on Valley 'Players to Watch' list

MBB: There are 39 players on the watch list ahead of the 2025-26 season

(Graphic: Murray State Athletics)

Six Murray State Racers are among the 39 players on the Missouri Valley Conference’s preseason ‘Players to Watch’ list. This list was compiled instead of the annual preseason All-Conference teams we’ve seen in recent years.

Here are the players on the preseason watch list:

Murray State

• KJ Tenner

• Layne Taylor

• Brayden Shorter

• Mason Miller

• JJ Traynor

• Fred King

Belmont

• Tyler Lundblade

• Sam Orme

• Brigham Rogers

Bradley

• Jaquan Johnson

• Demarion Burch

• Alex Huibregtse

• Corey Thomas

Drake

• Jalen Quinn

• Jaeshon Thomas

• Isaiah Carr

Evansville

• Leif Moeller

• Connor Turnbull

• Keishon Porter

UIC

• Elijah Crawford

• Josiah Hammons

• Ahmad Henderson II

• Sam Silverstein

Illinois State

• Chase Walker

• Johnny Kinziger

• Ty Pence

• Jack Daugherty

Indiana State

• Camp Wagner

• Markus Harding

UNI

• Leon Bond III

• Trey Campbell

• Ben Schwieger

• RJ Taylor

Southern Illinois

• Isaiah Stafford

• Quel-Ron House

Valparaiso

• Justus McNair

• Mark Brown Jr.

• Isaiah Barnes

• Owen Dease