The Enchantment — headlined by Lobos legend Donovan Dent — has announced their New Mexico-packed roster ahead of their upcoming tournament with a $2 million prize on the line.
CJ Noland
Noland, a former Oklahoma Sooner and North Texas product, played his senior season for the University of New Mexico in 2024, where he averaged 7.9 points while shooting 41% from the field.
Noland earned All-Big 12 freshman team honors during his 2021-2022 season at Oklahoma. He flourished at North Texas, putting up 23 points in the AAC tournament game against Tulane and 21 points against LSU in the first round of the NIT tournament in 2023.
After graduating from UNM, Noland played professionally in Australia, with stints in the TBL (The Basketball League) with the ADS Sentinels and in the NBL1 South with the Waverley Falcons.
Johnny McCants
The Enchantment will bring back one of the most remarkable Aggies in recent memory, Johnny McCants, who called NMSU his home for the entirety of his collegiate career before graduating in 2022.
McCants helped NMSU reach their 21st and 22nd NCAA tournaments during his freshman and sophomore seasons. He started 18 games his junior season, averaging 9.3 points while leading the team in rebounds (193) and blocked shots (14).
McCants’ senior season was outdone by his fifth and final year of college play, in which he helped lead the Aggies to their first NCAA tournament win since 1993. He finished his career reaching the 1,000-point-mark, leading NMSU in most wins all-time (135) and finishing in the top 10 all-time at NMSU in career rebounds and blocked shots.
KJ Jenkins
Jenkins bled cherry and silver from 2021 to 2023, during which he averaged 8.6 points and made 108 3-pointers over his two-year tenure.
His 55.4% shooting from 3-point range against Mountain West opponents during his senior season is the highest by any Lobo ever. Jenkins scored a conference-leading 268 points off the bench as a junior and was named co-captain during his senior season at UNM.
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The Atlanta, Georgia native spent his 2023-2024 season in the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) with the UNC Wilmington Hawks, where he started 18 games and averaged 12.1 points, shooting 41.2% from the field.
Brandon Mason Jr.
The 2027 4-star prospect out of Albuquerque Basketball Club (ABC) Prep and son of NMSU legend Brandon Mason Sr. will be the youngest of the players on The Enchantment this summer.
Mason Jr. currently holds 19 Division-1 offers from schools including the University of Washington, Arizona State, Texas Christian University, Boise State, the University of Cincinnati — and of course, New Mexico and New Mexico State.
247Sports has Mason Jr. ranked as the state’s best overall prospect, and the 81st overall in the nation.
Vance Jackson
The former Lobo spent his freshman season at UCONN, where he started 21 games and averaged 8.6 points, earning American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week twice and AAC All-Rookie Team honors.
Jackson was named to the 2019 Mountain West All-Tournament team after averaging 25.5 points in the conference tournament during his sophomore season. He started 28 games his final season, where he averaged 11.1 points per game.
After two seasons with UNM, his career continued at Arkansas from 2020 to 2021 — where he started three games — and with the East Carolina Pirates from 2021 to 2022 — where he started all 30 of the team’s regular-season games, averaging 13.1 points.
Jemel Jones
The second Aggie is on the board in a cherry-favored roster for The Enchantment.
Jones started 26 games for California State University, Bakersfield, where he shot 47.9% from the field and averaged 18.9 points. During his tenure as an Aggie, Jones reset Kenny Warren's 40-point single-game scoring record with a 45-point game during a comeback victory over California State University, Northridge.
Jones started 30 games for the Aggies last season, averaging 17.8 PPG and putting on a 34-point masterclass against Middle Tennessee State despite a one-point loss in overtime.
Corey Manigault
Manigault began his collegiate career at Pittsburgh from 2016 to 2017 before transferring to Indian Hills Community College the following season, where he played in 22 games.
His tenure as a Lobo began in 2018, where he played in 31 games and earned UNM
Scholar-Athlete Honors as a junior. Manigault started 20 games his senior season, averaging 12.5 points per game.
Manigault currently showcases his talents in China for Philippine Aces United in The Asian Tournament.
Luke Haupt
Point Loma Nazarene University was Haupt’s home from 2020 to 2025 before transferring to UNM for his 6th college season.
At Point Loma Nazarene, Haupt started every game his junior season in 2022 before missing the 2023 season due to injury. He bounced back in his senior season, earning First Team NABC Division II All-West District honors and First Team All-PacWest Conference honors.
Last season at UNM, Haupt led the team with 113 assists and 53 steals, earning Academic All-District honors.
The Enchantment will be led by head coach and former Lobo legend Kenny Thomas, alongside assistant coaches Craig Snow, Dairese Gary and Chriz Perez.
Edge Garcia is a freelance reporter for the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at sports@dailylobo.com or on X @ByEdgeGarcia
