5. UConn Huskies
2025-26 record: 34-6 (17-3 Big East)
Roster departures
- Alex Karaban (13.1 ppg and 5.1 rpg)
- Tarris Reed (14.8 ppg a nd 8.8 rpg)
- Malachi Smith (3.5 ppg and 2.9 apg)
- Eric Reibe (6.1 ppg and 3.4 rpg)
- Jaylin Stewart (4.3 ppg and 2.6 rpg)
Roster returnees
- Solomon Ball (12.9 ppg and 3.1 rpg, out for next season)
- Silas Demary (10.3 ppg and 6.0 apg)
- Jayden Ross (4.6 ppg and 2.4 rpg)
- Braylon Mullins (12.0 ppg and 3.4 rpg)
Roster additions
- Nikolas Khamenia (5.7 ppg and 3.3 rpg at Duke)
- Najai Hines (6.5 ppg and 5.5 rpg at Seton Hall)
- Nils Machowski (17.2 ppg and 5.7 rpg at Wofford)
- Oskar Giltay (3.3 ppg and 4.1 rpg at Stanford)
- Jaye Nash (5.1 ppg and 4.0 apg at Jacksonville State)
- Junior County (4-star guard prospect)
- Colben Landrew (4-star guard prospect)
With Ball set to redshirt next year due to a wrist injury, that leaves just two starters back from the national title-appearing squad. But one of them is Mullins, who had a great March and is set to be one of the top sophomores in all of college basketball. He and Demary will be a quality backcourt, while County and Landrew are two key perimeter freshmen to watch.
Last year, Reed and Karaban were a top-tier frontcourt. The next core will be a sophomore duo who didn’t produce much offensively. Hines didn’t need to, as he was an elite interior defender at Seton Hall, while Khamenia is a former five-star prospect who’ll have a much larger role after leaving Duke. If he and Mullins both take leaps, UConn won’t take much of a step back at all.
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