NCAA Basketball Recruiting: List of early contenders for 4-star 2025 C Eric Reibe

North Carolina Tar Heels

The Tar Heels lost star big man Armando Bacot and will have a collective effort in the frontcourt going forward. Vandy transfer Ven-Allen Lubin is set to be the featured big man, joined by four-star freshman center prospect, James Brown.

What Reibe would be able to offer is spacing, something the other bigs don’t have. He could be the next Brady Manek, a stretch forward from a couple of years ago who played a big role in the Heels making the national title game. 

Oregon Ducks

The frontcourt rotation for the Ducks features all seniors, along with incoming freshman forward, Ibrahima Traore. So there’s going to be a need for multiple forwards in the 2025 class. Reibe would get a large role and likely start as well.

Coach Dana Altman has sent several players to the NBA during his time at Oregon and Reibe should be able to fit his system. But with the program going to the Big Ten and will have a complete roster turnover, there are definitely some questions with this option.

UConn Huskies

Speaking of sending players to the NBA, Coach Dan Hurley and UConn led all of NCAA Basketball with four picks in the most recent draft. And he should have at least one next year with starting forward, Alex Karaban.

Assuming that Karaban is off the NBA a year from now, Reibe can easily slot in to replace him in the 2025 class. The team is also after top-40 prospect Nikola Bundalo and they’d be a nice future frontcourt duo for the program.