March Madness: California represented by 206 basketball players in men’s NCAA tournament

Michigan Wolverines' Justin Pippen and California Lutheran Kingsmen's Ryder Mjoen

By Golden State Today

Mar 17, 2025

California is being represented by 206 players in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

California will have the most players on the hard court during this year's tournament, followed by Texas with 178.

Los Angeles is the most popular hometown for NCAA players from California in the tournament with 19 players.

California Players in 2025 NCAA Tournament

Name	Team	Height	Position	Hometown
Houston Mallette	Alabama Crimson Tide	6′5″	Guard	Alameda
Gabe Garcia	Grinnell Pioneers	6′2″	Guard	Alameda
Jake Martin	California Lutheran Kingsmen	6′2″		Anaheim
Sean Walser	Grinnell Pioneers	6′4″	Guard	Antelope
Cavin Holden	Central Washington Wildcats	6′2″	Guard	Apple Valley
Cameron Brown	Redlands Bulldogs	6′6″	Guard	Bakersfield
Jhace Boston	Redlands Bulldogs	6′5″	Guard	Bakersfield
Isaiah Goad	Greenville Panthers	6′2″	Guard	Banning
Marcus Bast	Lewis & Clark Pioneers	6′1″	Guard	Brisbane
DJ Williams	Greenville Panthers	6′2″	Shooting Guard	Buena Park
Riyaan Jiwani	NYU Violets	6′3″	Guard	Buena Park
Luke Murphy	Colorado State Rams	6′2″	Guard	Calabasas
Zach Brooker	NYU Violets	6′0″	Guard	Calabasas
Riles Neff	Husson Eagles	6′2″	Guard	Camarillo
Kai Lee	San Diego State Aztecs	6′5″	Guard	Carmel
Reid Jones	CMS Stags	6′3″	Guard	Carmichael
Mateo Duran	Drew Rangers	6′1″	Guard	Carson
Wynton Brown	Point Loma Sea Lions	6′8″	Forward	Carson
Dayvon Gates	Redlands Bulldogs	6′3″	Guard	Carson
Ashton Hardaway	Saint Mary's Gaels	6′8″	Forward	Carson
Andrew Henderson	Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes	6′5″	Guard	Chatsworth
Ned Joyce	Chico State Wildcats	6′1″	Guard	Chico
Taylor Keating	Chico State Wildcats	6′6″	Forward	Chico
Charlie Katsiaficas	Husson Eagles	6′3″	Guard	Claremont
Malik Johnson	Greenville Panthers	6′2″	Guard	Compton
Miles Daniels	Chico State Wildcats	6′2″	Guard	Concord
Jeremiah Dargan	Montana Grizzlies	6′4″	Guard	Concord
Evan Lucas	Redlands Bulldogs	6′3″	Guard	Concord
BJ Taylor	Redlands Bulldogs	5′11″	Guard	Corona
Eric Freeny	UCLA Bruins	6′4″	Guard	Corona
Nick Courtney	Grinnell Pioneers	6′4″	Guard	Corona Del Mar
Wayne McKinney III	San Diego State Aztecs	6′0″	Guard	Coronado
Dawson Baker	BYU Cougars	6′4″		Coto De Caza
Aidan Crawford	California Lutheran Kingsmen	6′3″		Davis
Jayden Johnston	Chico State Wildcats	6′4″	Guard	Dublin
Darnez Slater	Colorado State Rams	6′3″	Guard	Eastvale
Cole Epperson	Chico State Wildcats	6′8″	Guard and Forward	Elk Grove
Drew Vizenor	Chatham Cougars	6′3″	Guard	Eureka
Travis Hightower	Chico State Wildcats	6′7″	Forward and Guard	Fairfield
Tyler Thompson	Montana Grizzlies	6′6″	Guard	Fairfield
Chris Harris	Biola Eagles	6′4″	Guard	Fontana
Nathan Mattera	Redlands Bulldogs	6′5″	Forward and Guard	Fontana
Jahmai Mashack	Tennessee Volunteers	6′4″	Guard	Fontana
Desai Lopez	San Diego State Aztecs	6′3″	Guard	Fremont
Tyus Parrish-Tillman	Biola Eagles	6′8″	Forward	Fresno
Coby Barnes	Point Loma Sea Lions	6′4″	Guard	Fresno
Promise Madubugwu	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	7′0″	Center	Gardena
Tomi Adesiji	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	6′2″	Guard	Gardena
Dylan Andrews	UCLA Bruins	6′2″	Guard	Gardena
Evan Manjikian	UCLA Bruins	6′8″	Forward	Glendale
Luke Jacobson	CMS Stags	6′7″	Forward	Glendora
Yaqub Mir	UC San Diego Tritons	6′2″	Guard	Granite Bay
Jeremy Dent-Smith	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	6′1″	Guard	Hawthorne
Miles Griffin	California Lutheran Kingsmen	6′3″		Hayward
Evan Oliver	Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes	6′0″	Guard	Highland
David Scariano	Point Loma Sea Lions	6′7″	Forward	Imperial
Taj Regans	California Lutheran Kingsmen	5′8″		Inglewood
Tanner Deal	Grinnell Pioneers	6′3″	Guard	Irvine
Kody Uyesugi	Lewis & Clark Pioneers	5′10″	Guard	Irvine
Christian Horry	UCLA Bruins	6′2″	Guard	LA Cañada Flintridge
Aidan Mahaney	UConn Huskies	6′3″	Guard	Lafayette
Jake Davis	Washington Bears	6′8″	Forward	Lafayette
Donovan Desha	Chico State Wildcats	6′3″	Guard	Lakewood
Andrew McKeever	Saint Mary's Gaels	7′1″	Center	Livermore
Kevin Gad	Saint Mary's Gaels	6′6″	Forward	Livermore
Nathan Medina	Biola Eagles	6′3″	Guard	Long Beach
Isaiah Bernard-Lopez	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	6′6″	Guard	Long Beach
Makaih Williams	Grand Canyon Antelopes	6′2″	Guard	Long Beach
Jadon Jones	Oklahoma Sooners	6′5″	Guard	Long Beach
Reese Waters	San Diego State Aztecs	6′6″	Guard	Long Beach
Brock Susko	NYU Violets	6′5″	Forward and Guard	Los Altos
Caelan Jones	CMS Stags	6′5″	Guard	Los Angeles
DJ Guest	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	6′6″	Guard and Forward	Los Angeles
David Cheatom	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	6′4″	Guard	Los Angeles
Jayden Winfrey	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	6′2″	Point Guard	Los Angeles
Joshua Ramirez	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	6′0″	Guard	Los Angeles
Ze'ev Remer	California Lutheran Kingsmen	6′0″		Los Angeles
Isaiah Brewington	Chico State Wildcats	6′6″	Forward	Los Angeles
Keith Dinwiddlie	Chico State Wildcats	6′2″	Guard	Los Angeles
Andre De Los Reyes	Drew Rangers	6′0″	Guard	Los Angeles
Spencer Hubbard	Duke Blue Devils	5′8″	Guard	Los Angeles
Christian Bennett	Greenville Panthers	6′3″	Guard	Los Angeles
Jaylen Williams	Greenville Panthers	6′2″	Guard	Los Angeles
Tim Lofton	Greenville Panthers	6′4″	Forward	Los Angeles
Justin Pippen	Michigan Wolverines	6′3″	Guard	Los Angeles
J.V. Brown	Missouri Tigers	6′5″	Guard	Los Angeles
Logan Dorsey	Redlands Bulldogs	6′6″	Forward and Guard	Los Angeles
Yah Humphrey	Redlands Bulldogs	6′1″	Guard	Los Angeles
Zion Watt	Tufts Jumbos	6′6″	Guard and Forward	Los Angeles
Kijani Wright	Vanderbilt Commodores	6′9″	Point Guard	Los Angeles
Aidan Burke	UC San Diego Tritons	6′3″	Guard	Los Gatos
Leo Beath	Lynn Fighting Knights	6′8″	Forward	Malibu
Will Householter	CMS Stags	6′3″	Guard	Manhattan Beach
Nick Lundy	Grinnell Pioneers	6′4″	Guard and Forward	Manhattan Beach
Kendrick Currey	Redlands Bulldogs	6′4″	Guard	Manteca
Charlie Henderson	Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes	6′9″	Forward	Mission Viejo
Jamari Phillips	Oregon Ducks	6′3″	Guard	Modesto
BJ Davis	San Diego State Aztecs	6′2″	Guard	Modesto
Shane O'Reilly	American Eagles	6′3″	Guard	Moraga
Cade Bennett	Saint Mary's Gaels	6′0″	Guard	Moraga
Jacob McFarland	Houston Cougars	6′11″	Center	Moreno Valley
Lamont Butler	Kentucky Wildcats	6′2″	Guard	Moreno Valley
DeMorian Lowe	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	6′7″	Forward	Murrieta
Brady Dunlap	St. John's Red Storm	6′7″	Forward	Newhall
Jack Stone	NYU Violets	6′2″	Guard	Newport Beach
Kyle Beedon	Washington Bears	6′1″	Guard	North Hollywood
Josh DeVore	California Lutheran Kingsmen	6′8″		Novato
Miles Keeffe	Vanderbilt Commodores	6′5″	Point Guard	Novato
Cahal Connolly	CMS Stags	6′9″	Center	Oakland
Jojo Murphy	Chico State Wildcats	6′2″	Guard	Oakland
Money Williams	Montana Grizzlies	6′4″	Guard	Oakland
Mikey Lewis	Saint Mary's Gaels	6′3″	Guard	Oakland
Demarshay Johnson Jr.	San Diego State Aztecs	6′10″	Forward	Oakland
Christopher Carter	Redlands Bulldogs	6′4″	Forward and Guard	Oceanside
Riley Schroeder	Colorado Mines Orediggers	6′7″	Forward	Orange
James Frye	CMS Stags	6′5″	Guard	Orinda
Matt Meredith	CMS Stags	6′5″	Forward	Orinda
Ryan Schwarz	San Diego State Aztecs	6′1″	Guard	Orinda
Robert Power	CMS Stags	6′4″	Guard	Pacific Palisades
Malachi Murrell	Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes	6′5″	Guard	Palm Springs
Donovan Ware	Redlands Bulldogs	6′4″	Guard and Forward	Palmdale
Chigozie Achara	Regis Rangers	6′8″	Forward	Palmdale
Isaiah Kerr	Chico State Wildcats	6′3″	Guard	Palo Alto
Neil Owens	CMS Stags	6′1″	Guard	Pasadena
Devon Lewis	California Lutheran Kingsmen	6′2″		Pasadena
Jack Williamson	Wesleyan Cardinals	6′2″	Guard	Pasadena
AJ Harris	Emory Eagles	6′5″	Guard and Forward	Piedmont
Luke Barrett	Saint Mary's Gaels	6′6″	Guard and Forward	Piedmont
Adam Shoff	Montana Grizzlies	6′1″	Guard	Redding
Liam Smith	Washington Bears	6′9″	Forward	Redondo Beach
Calvin Kapral	Washington Bears	6′8″	Center	Redwood City
Lucas Vogel	Washington Bears	6′3″	Guard	Redwood City
Mikah Tolpezninkas	Biola Eagles	6′3″	Guard	Reedley
Carter Bryant	Arizona Wildcats	6′8″	Forward	Riverside
Dennis Evans	Grand Canyon Antelopes	7′1″	Center	Riverside
Donovan Dent	New Mexico Lobos	6′2″	Guard	Riverside
Sebastian Mendoza	St. Mary's Rattlers	6′3″	Guard	Riverside
Devin Williams	UCLA Bruins	6′10″	Forward	Riverside
Derek Lamb	Colorado Mines Orediggers	6′7″	Center and Forward	Roseville
Joaquim ArauzMoore	Gonzaga Bulldogs	6′1″	Guard	Ross
George Gale	Washington Bears	6′6″	Forward	Ross
Jonah Alvarez	Biola Eagles	6′3″	Guard	Sacramento
Xavion Brown	Dallas Baptist Patriots	6′3″	Guard	Sacramento
Isaiah Griffin	Greenville Panthers	5′10″	Point Guard	Sacramento
Ja'Rod Webb	Greenville Panthers	6′3″	Guard	Sacramento
Andre Treadwell	Lewis & Clark Pioneers	6′3″	Guard	Sacramento
Pierce Davis	Point Loma Sea Lions	6′9″	Forward	Sacramento
Jalen Brown	Regis Rangers	6′2″	Guard	Salinas
AJ Rohosy	CMS Stags	6′9″	Forward	San Anselmo
Quinton Webb	New Mexico Lobos	6′6″	Guard	San Bernardino
Daron Traylor	Bluefield State Big Blue	6′2″	Guard	San Diego
Trae Taylor	Chico State Wildcats	6′9″	Forward	San Diego
Brandon Tully	Greenville Panthers	6′2″	Guard	San Diego
Dillon Wilhite	Kansas Jayhawks	6′9″	Forward	San Diego
Brandon Angel	Oregon Ducks	6′9″	Forward	San Diego
Jaden Matingou	Point Loma Sea Lions	6′3″	Guard	San Diego
Luke Haupt	Point Loma Sea Lions	6′7″	Guard	San Diego
Ray Gonzales	San Diego State Aztecs	6′4″	Guard	San Diego
Camden McCormick	UC San Diego Tritons	6′3″	Guard	San Diego
Chris Howell	UC San Diego Tritons	6′6″	Guard	San Diego
Hayden Gray	UC San Diego Tritons	6′4″	Guard	San Diego
Cole Boake	CMS Stags	6′4″	Guard	San Francisco
Joey Kennedy	CMS Stags	6′6″	Forward	San Francisco
Cortevious Taylor	Chico State Wildcats	6′6″	Guard and Forward	San Francisco
Neal Begovich	Duke Blue Devils	6′9″	Forward	San Francisco
Jake Rodriguez	Lewis & Clark Pioneers	5′10″	Guard	San Francisco
Nathan Noronha	CMS Stags	6′2″	Guard	San Jose
Adam Afifi	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	6′9″	Forward	San Jose
Alijah Washington	Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes	6′4″	Guard	San Jose
Arrish Bhandal	Chicago Maroons	6′9″	Forward	San Jose
Scott McDowell	Biola Eagles	5′10″	Guard	San Juan Capistrano
Luke Jacobson	Marquette Golden Eagles	6′7″	Forward	San Luis Obispo
Lucas Gordon	Redlands Bulldogs	6′8″	Forward	San Marcos
Devon Arlington	Yale Bulldogs	6′3″	Guard	San Marcos
Andrew McDowell	Denison Big Red	6′3″	Guard and Forward	San Mateo
Jordan Lee	Grinnell Pioneers	6′1″	Guard	San Pedro
Zack Davidson	Montana Grizzlies	6′9″	Forward	Santa Ana
Stephen Davis	California Lutheran Kingsmen	6′1″		Santa Barbara
Will Kuykendall	Arizona Wildcats	6′3″	Guard	Santa Maria
Caedin Hamilton	Marquette Golden Eagles	6′9″	Forward	Santa Maria
Charlie Moore	Wesleyan Cardinals	6′4″	Guard	Santa Monica
Dusty Stromer	Gonzaga Bulldogs	6′6″	Guard	Sherman Oaks
Matthew Rideout	Hamilton Continentals	6′1″	Guard	Sherman Oaks
Mercy Miller	Houston Cougars	6′4″	Guard	Sherman Oaks
Ryder Mjoen	California Lutheran Kingsmen	6′2″		Simi Valley
Dom Girish	Colorado Mines Orediggers	6′4″	Guard	Sonoma
Austin Patterson	Montana Grizzlies	6′3″	Guard	Sonora
Max Walters	Chico State Wildcats	6′3″	Guard	Soquel
Andre Warren	Oregon Ducks	6′3″	Guard	Stockton
Miles Byrd	San Diego State Aztecs	6′7″	Guard	Stockton
Trumann Gettings	Tufts Jumbos	6′8″	Forward	Studio City
Jaden Karuletwa	Arkansas Razorbacks	6′5″	Guard	Sun Valley
Brady Karich	CMS Stags	6′2″	Guard	Surfside
Malcolm Steadman	St. Mary's Rattlers	6′7″	Guard	Union City
Jaden Penberthy	Biola Eagles	6′6″	Guard	Valencia
Ryan Hoffman	California Lutheran Kingsmen	6′3″		Valencia
Chance McMillian	Texas Tech Red Raiders	6′3″	Guard	Vallejo
Malik Moore	Montana Grizzlies	6′5″	Guard	Ventura
Jordan Hilstock	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	6′3″	Guard	Vista
Casey Cappo	Biola Eagles	6′7″	Forward	Walnut Creek
Newton Acevedo	Greenville Panthers	6′1″	Shooting Guard and Point Guard	West Covina
Vincent Rodriguez	Greenville Panthers	5′11″	Guard	West Covina
Trent Perry	UCLA Bruins	6′4″	Guard	West Covina
Daniel Esparza	Biola Eagles	6′2″	Guard	Whittier
Erik Howlin	Biola Eagles	6′3″	Guard	Whittier
Adrian Alvarez	Greenville Panthers	6′0″	Guard	Wilmington

Total Tournament Teams and Players by State

State	Total Tournament Players	Total Tournament Teams
California	206	12
Texas	178	13
New York	142	13
North Carolina	122	10
Illinois	115	5
New Jersey	105	5
Florida	100	5
Wisconsin	95	7
Ohio	94	5
Georgia	92	7
Minnesota	86	6
Virginia	86	9
Pennsylvania	75	13
Michigan	71	7
Massachusetts	56	6
Alabama	55	7
Tennessee	51	6
Indiana	48	2
Washington	45	3
Missouri	42	5
Iowa	39	4
Maryland	37	2
Connecticut	32	5
Arizona	27	2
Colorado	25	3
Arkansas	24	2
Kansas	23	3
South Carolina	21	3
Nebraska	20	2
Utah	18	2
Oklahoma	18	1
Nevada	16	0
Oregon	14	2
Kentucky	13	2
New Hampshire	12	2
Maine	12	2
Louisiana	12	1
West Virginia	11	3
Mississippi	11	2
Idaho	9	1
Rhode Island	9	1
Delaware	8	0
Hawaii	5	0
New Mexico	5	1
South Dakota	3	0
North Dakota	2	1
Vermont	2	0
Alaska	1	0
Montana	1	1
Wyoming	1	0