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6. Cincinnati Bearcats
2025-26 record: 18-15 (9-9)
Likely departuresÂ
- Baba Miller (13 ppg and 10.3 rpg)
- Moustapha Thiam (12.8 ppg and 7.1 rpg)
- Day Day Thomas (11.5 ppg and 3.5 apg)
- Jizzle James (10.9 ppg and 2.1 apg)
- Jalen Celestine (8.6 ppg and 3.1 rpg)
- Shon Abaev (7.0 ppg and 2.9 rpg)
- Kerr Kriisa (5.8 ppg and 3.0 apg)
- Sencire Harris (5.7 ppg and 2.7 rpg)
- Keyshaun Tillery (3.8 ppg and 1.2 rpg)
Roster additions
- Tylen Riley (15 ppg and 4.4 apg at Tulsa)
- Akai Fleming (10.4 ppg and 3.2 rpg at Georgia Tech)
- Trevian Carson (11.9 ppg and 6.5 rpg at North Dakota State)
- Elijah Perryman (4.4 ppg and 3.1 apg at Utah State)
- Myles Colvin (11.6 ppg and 4.4 rpg at Wake Forest)
- Eric Mahaffey (7.8 ppg and 5.6 rpg at Akron)
- Tyler Tejada (17.7 ppg and 5.5 rpg at Towson)
- Adlan Elamin (6.7 ppg and 3.1 rpg at Utah State)
- Riley Allenspach (13.6 ppg and 6.1 rpg at George Mason)
- Jayden Hastings (6.7 ppg and 5.6 rpg at Boston College)
Jerod Calhoun comes over from Utah State as Cincy’s next head coach and in a roster filled with transfers, there’s a lot to like. The backcourt has plenty of depth, with Colvin and Fleming proven high-major players, while Riley is coming off a breakthrough year at Tulsa.
The frontcourt isn’t as proven, though Allenspach’s spacing at the four-spot should benefit the offense overall. Coach Calhoun’s history with guards gives the Bearcats a high ceiling with the backcourt group and they should be more than competitive in Big 12 play.
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