15. Arizona Wildcats
2025-26 record: 36-3 (16-2 Big 12)
Roster 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)
Roster 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)
I’m going to be ridiculously high on Caleb Holt having an All-American level season at Arizona as my 3rd ranked ‘27 prospect.
— Mohamed (@mcfNBA) April 1, 2026
Such a stellar perimeter creator with two-way skills, positional size (6’5, 6’9 WS) + decisiveness as a driver (68% at-the-rim in 3SSB). pic.twitter.com/rQ6vyXf7Y3
It’s been a disappointing past week for Arizona for two different reasons. One, Peat, the one key guy who had a chance to leave the NBA Draft, opted to stay in. The program then went after Momcilovic but lost out on that sweepstakes. The good news is that the Wildcats bring back both Kharchenkov and Krivas, giving them one of the better frontcourts in college basketball.
The key and questions lie in the backcourt. Holt is a five-star guard who Arizona hopes to have a similar impact as Burries. Both Mandaquit and Dixon had solid first-year campaigns at their previous stops, but in order for the Wildcats to be a national contender, they’ll need at least one of them to be a breakout player to run the offense.
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