2024-25 Basketball Spotlight & 10-Year Snapshot: Campbell

2024-25 North Carolina Sports Network
NC Basketball Spotlight, 10-Year Snapshot:
Campbell

By Ben McCormick
North Carolina Sports Network

School: Campbell University

Location: Buies Creek, N.C.

NCAA Division I Member Since: 1977-78

Conference: Coastal Athletic Association (CAA)

CAA Member Since: 2023-24

CAA Ranking Among 32 Leagues (KenPom): 18th (2025), 19th (2024), 26th (2023), 14th (2022), 19th (2021), 18th (2020)

NCAA Tournament Bids: 1 (1992)

Conference Titles: 1 (Big South in 1992)

Conference 1st-Place Finishes: 2 (Atlantic Sun in 2010; Big South in 2019)

Head Coach: Kevin McGeehan (51 years old, 12th season)

As A Player: Gettysburg (1991-95)

Record as Head Coach (Through Dec. 28): 174-189 (.479) in 11+ seasons

Previous HC Experience: none at NCAA DI level; D3 Beaver College (2000-02)

College AC Experience: Beaver College (1998-2000), Air Force (2004-05), Richmond (2005-13)

Assistant Under: Chris Mooney

2023-24 Record: 14-18, 8-10 (9th in 14-team Big South)

2024-25 Preseason Prediction (Coaches): 13th in 14-team CAA

2024-25 Record (Through Dec. 28): 5-7, 0-0 CAA

2024-25 Midseason Ranking (KenPom): #316 nationally (12th in CAA)

Upcoming Schedule: at UNC (12/29), Drexel (1/2), at UNCW (1/4), at Hampton (1/9), at Elon (1/13), Charleston (1/16), Monmouth (1/18), at Stony Brook (1/23), at Hofstra (1/25)

When Campbell lost star guard Anthony Dell’Orso to the transfer portal after the 2023-24 season, it hurt, but in the modern era of college basketball, it may have been inevitable.

When you have an all-conference player averaging 19.5 points per game at a low- or mid-major program, he is bound to draw attention from the power conferences. That’s precisely what happened with Dell’Orso, who signed with Arizona and is playing in the Big 12 this season.

Campbell coach Kevin McGeehan lost his second-leading scorer from last year’s team, Laurynas Vaistaras, as well.

The silver lining? The Camels returned three starters this year, and because of the talent in their incoming recruiting class, two of those key returnees are no longer starting.

Jasin Sinani, Campbell’s leading returning scorer (10.1 points per game) from last year’s team, is the team’s leading scorer (12.4) so far in 2024-25. That’s a normal trajectory for a veteran returning starter. However, junior Elijah Walsh and graduate student Gediminas Mokseckas went from starting and playing 23 and 27 minutes per game, respectively, to playing just a few minutes per game … if they play at all.

The Camels’ incoming transfers changed the trajectory of the team.

Holy Cross graduate Nolan Dorsey is the team’s second-leading scorer, and perhaps its most efficient player (51% from the field, 81% from the line, 40% on threes), so far this season. A prep star at Millbrook High School in nearby Raleigh, Dorsey sat out last season at Holy Cross while completing his college degree yet is having the most productive season of his entire collegiate playing career, which started at New Mexico during the 2020-21 season.

Dorsey is joined in the starting lineup by three additional transfers: Cam Gregory of St. Francis (Pa.), Terren Frank of Idaho and Caleb Zurliene of McKendree (a Division Two program).

Having a lot of different rotational pieces comes with its benefits.

“I think we’ve got a really nice mix of returners with some experience and, in some cases, a ton of experience,” McGeehan said on the Camel Call Podcast. “And then this mix of experience and younger, new guys that are all going to be able to really help us.”

Despite the changes, Campbell hasn’t seen much improvement so far this season. The Camels are off to a 5-7 start after being projected to finish 12th in the 14-team CAA. Outside of possibly Sinani, it’s unclear who can be the go-to guy for Campbell.

Especially without Dell’Orso, the Camels likely will be hard-pressed to improve on their 14-18 finish of a year ago.

2024-25 Campbell Camels
(5-7, 0-0 CAA; through Dec. 28)

STARTERS (stats = 2024-25 numbers)

G Jasin Sinani*, Sr. (6-3/195) — 2022 Milwaukee transfer (backup)
30 mpg, 12 ppg, 5 rpg, 35% FG, 83% FT, 26% threes, 25/18 ATO, 1 block, 16 steals

G Nolan Dorsey, Gr. (6-5/205) — 2024 Holy Cross transfer (starter; DNP 2023-24)
29 mpg, 9 ppg, 5 rpg, 51% FG, 81% FT, 40% threes, 22/19 ATO, 1 block, 22 steals

G Cam Gregory, Jr. (6-5/170) — 2024 Saint Francis (Pa.) transfer (2-year starter)
27 mpg, 8 ppg, 2 rpg, 42% FG, 75% FT, 31% threes, 12/20 ATO, 1 blocks, 10 steals

F Terren Frank, Gr. (6-8/230) — 2024 Idaho transfer (part-time starter)
22 mpg, 9 ppg, 3 rpg, 42% FG, 72% FT, 22% threes, 27/14 ATO, 6 blocks, 10 steals

F Caleb Zurliene, Gr. (6-8/205) — 2024 McKendree/D2 transfer (2-year starter)
18 mpg, 6 ppg, 3 rpg, 54% FG, 93% FT, 47% threes, 12/15 ATO, 15 blocks, 11 steals

KEY RESERVES (stats = 2024-25 numbers)

F Colby Duggan, So. (6-7/220) — 2023 high school signee
22 mpg, 9 ppg, 3 rpg, 44% FG, 59% FT, 32% threes, 11/12 ATO, 3 blocks, 4 steals

G Bragi Gudmundsson, So. (6-5/175) — 2024 Penn State transfer (reserve)
12 mpg, 6 ppg, 2 rpg, 58% FG, 100% FT, 35% threes, 2/8 ATO, 1 block, 6 steals

F Eric Van Der Heijden, Sr. (6-9/225) — 2024 UNCW transfer (reserve)
10 mpg, 3 ppg, 1 rpg, 38% FG, 100% FT, 27% threes, 15/10 ATO, 5 blocks, 3 steals

G Tasos Cook, Sr. (6-2/200) — 2023 Vincennes JC signee (starter)
12 mpg, 2 ppg, 2 rpg, 28% FG, 82% FT, 22% threes, 12/8 ATO, 0 blocks, 5 steals

G Elijah Walsh*, Jr. (6-5/195) — 2022 high school signee
4 mpg, 1 ppg, 1 rpg, 67% FG, 0 FT, 50% threes (few), 1/0 ATO, 0 blocks, 3 steals

G Gediminas Mokseckas*, Gr. (6-4/200) — 2020 high school signee
7 mpg, 2 ppg, 1 rpg, 43% FG, 100% FT, 50% threes (few), 5/2 ATO, 0 blocks, 1 steal

Departures from 2023-24: WG Anthony Dell’Orso* (So./transfer/Arizona), WF Laurynas Vaistaras* (Sr./transfer/Mercer), BF Alex Kotov (Gr.), WG Mason Grant (So./transfer/USC Aiken), WF Sam Perez (So./transfer/Anderson), G Efe Gucoglu (Fr./transfer/Santiago Canyon CC)

*—2023-24 starter (started at least 50% of Campbell’s games last season)

Campbell Camels
10-Year Snapshot

Season — Overall, League (Place), Postseason

2023-24: 14-18, 8-10 CAA (9th), no postseason (Kevin McGeehan)
2022-23: 16-18, 8-10 Big South (7th), no postseason (Kevin McGeehan)
2021-22: 16-13, 8-8 Big South (5th), no postseason (Kevin McGeehan)
2020-21: 17-10, 11-6 Big South (3rd), no postseason (Kevin McGeehan)
2019-20: 15-16, 6-12 Big South (10th), no postseason (Kevin McGeehan)
2018-19: 20-13, 12-4 Big South (t-1st), NIT 1st Round (Kevin McGeehan)
2017-18: 18-16, 10-8 Big South (4th), CBI Semifinals (Kevin McGeehan)
2016-17: 19-18, 7-11 Big South (7th), CIT Quarterfinals (Kevin McGeehan)
2015-16: 12-18, 5-13 Big South (8th), no postseason (Kevin McGeehan)
2014-15: 10-22, 4-14 Big South (10th), no postseason (Kevin McGeehan)

*—conference champion

NOTE: In the coming weeks and months, please visit the North Carolina Sports Network’s 2024-25 profiles and 10-year snapshots for all 19 Division One men’s basketball programs in North Carolina and all 18 Atlantic Coast Conference programs. The items below will become “live links” as new articles are posted.

Appalachian State Mountaineers, Sun Belt Conference

Boston College Eagles, Atlantic Coast Conference

California Bears, Atlantic Coast Conference

Charlotte 49ers, American Athletic Conference

Clemson Tigers, Atlantic Coast Conference

Davidson Wildcats, Atlantic-10 Conference

Duke Blue Devils, Atlantic Coast Conference

East Carolina Pirates, American Athletic Conference

Elon Phoenix, Coastal Athletic Association

Florida State Seminoles, Atlantic Coast Conference

Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs, Big South Conference

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Atlantic Coast Conference

High Point Panthers, Big South Conference