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2. Arizona Wildcats
2025-26 record: 36-3 (16-2)
Likely departures
- Brayden Burries (16.1 ppg and 4.9 rpg)
- Koa Peat (14.1 ppg and 5.6 rpg)
- Jaden Bradley (13.3 ppg and 4.4 apg)
- Anthony Dell’Orso (8.5 ppg and 1.8 apg)
- Dwanye Aristode (3.8 ppg and 1.7 rpg)
- Tobe Awaka (9.3 ppg and 9.1 rpg)
Likely returnees
- Mojiejus Krivas (10.4 ppg and 8.2 rpg)
- Ivan Kharchenkov (10.4 ppg and 4.3 rpg)
Roster additions
- Derek Dixon (6.5 ppg and 2.7 apg)
- JJ Mandaquit (5.2 ppg and 3.2 apg)
- Ugnius Jarusevicius (16.2 ppg and 7.3 rpg in 2024-25 at Central Michigan)
- Evan Otten (4.7 ppg and 3.8 rpg at Idaho State)
- Caleb Holt (5-star freshman guard)
- Cam Holmes (4-star freshman wing)
With Peat and Burries staying in the draft, look for Kharchenkov, who flew under the radar as a freshman, and will get a much larger role next year. He and Krivas give them a quality frontcourt, while Jarusevicius is a sneaky portal pickup after missing all of last year at Nebraska.
Holt is another five-star prospect who is set to be the lead guard, while Mandaquit and Dixon could be sophomore breakout candidates with larger roles. Arizona will need at least one of them to break out to be a Big 12 contender, unless the next batch of freshmen are anywhere near as close as the Peat group.
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