NCAA Basketball Recruiting: Analyzing top 3 teams for 4-star top-100 C Kai Rogers

There's been a recent run of big men in the 2025 NCAA Basketball recruiting class updating their respective recruitments. One of them is Kai Rogers, a consensus four-star and top-100 prospect out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He current players for Overtime Elite and was a standout performer this Summer to see his stock rise.

Rogers has great size at 6'10 and 240 pounds and showed good post skills as a scoring threat. He has the potential to be a good interior defender as well, making him a coveted frontcourt target in the 2025 class. With three teams in the mix, which of them will land the four-star big man?

Here's a closer look at his options.

Iowa State Cyclones

The Cyclones already have a trio of class of 2025 commits, all on the perimeter. With transfer Brandton Chatfield leaving after next season, there's room for another big man to join the team. Though with former top-100 prospect JT Rock also on the roster, it's not a guarantee that Rogers wouldn't be entering the situation as anything other than the 3rd center in his first year.

Oklahoma Sooners

Oklahoma has a couple of forwards on board for the 2025 class (Alec Blair and Andreas Hoist) and needs a center capable of playing in the SEC. Transfer Mohamed Wague and bigs Sam Goodwin and Yaya Keita will be gone after this season, opening room for someone like Rogers to come in and have an impact.

SMU Mustangs

The Mustangs' move to the ACC has seen their recruiting go up a level, including in the 2025 class. They have two commits so far, including four-star center prospect Jaden Toombs. With the team also having freshman big man Samet Yigitoglu and transfers Jerrell Colbert and Yohan Traore, there's a logjam for Rogers to deal with.

Of the three options, Oklahoma stands out in terms of being able to offer playing time out the gate for the four-star prospect. However, they could be the furthest away from making the NCAA Tournament. Let's see which option Rogers chooses soon.