He spent the majority of his college basketball career with the Stony Brook Seawolves, also playing a year for the Dayton Flyers and Charleston Cougars.

[2] As a three-star recruit, Policelli made official visits to Dayton, George Washington and Stony Brook.

[6] Initially, Dayton planned to redshirt Policelli for the 2018–19 season, but that changed after a season-ending injury to Jhery Matos.

[9] On October 24, 2019, the NCAA denied Policelli's waiver to play in the 2019–20 season, forcing him to sit out a year per mandatory transfer rules.

[10] Policelli made his Stony Brook debut on December 1, 2020 against Saint Peter's, scoring a team-high 16 points.

He recorded a career-high 19 rebounds against Army on December 18, 2022, tied for fourth-most in a single game in Seawolves' Division I history and the most by a Stony Brook player since 2016.

[17] On March 4 against North Carolina A&T, Policelli became the first player with at least 30 points and 15 rebounds in a CAA Tournament game since David Robinson for Navy in 1986.

He scored 12 points in Charleston's 82–79 overtime win to reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time, and was named to the CAA All-Tournament team.

[25] After going undrafted in the 2024 NBA draft, Policelli joined the Long Island Nets on October 27, 2024 after a tryout[26][27] and on November 10, he made his professional debut against the Westchester Knicks, scoring five points in four minutes.