After winning back-to-back National Championships in college hoops in 2023 and 2024, the UConn basketball program is looking to return to the top of the Big East in men's hoops this upcoming season in the 2025-26 campaign. UConn gets key players on the projected roster for this upcoming season back in the core part of the rotation, like senior forward Alex Karaban and junior guard Solo Ball.
Among the roughly half dozen departures for the Huskies and head coach Dan Hurley early this offseason, four of the players left the program via the spring transfer portal window.
Youssouf Singare, C
Sophomore big man and former four-star recruit from Mali, Youssof Singare, won a National Championship with the Huskies during his true freshman campaign in 2023-24. He was a reserve big man who got limited minutes on the floor coming off the bench in the past couple of seasons at UConn.
Singare averaged 0.3 points per game and 0.7 rebounds in 39 games played in the past two seasons for Hurley and the Huskies.
Committed to High Point
Isaiah Abraham, F
True freshman forward Isaiah Abraham was the first UConn player to enter the spring portal window early this offseason. Abraham, a former blue-chip recruit from Gainesville, VA, and Paul VI Catholic School, was a reserve forward for the Huskies this past season in the Big East.
Abraham scored a career-high six points and one rebound off the bench in a blowout win over Maryland Eastern Shore in non-conference play this past November for the Huskies.
Committed to Georgetown
Ahmad Nowell, G
Former high-four-star recruit from Philadelphia (PA) Imhotep Institute, freshman guard Ahmad Nowell entered the spring transfer portal after spending one season with the Huskies in the 2024-25 campaign. Nowell was a reserve guard developing for the Huskies coming off the bench in 18 games this past season in the Big East. He averaged 1.5 points per game, 0.9 rebounds, and 1.1 assists for the Huskies.
Nowell was one of two top-50-ranked high school recruits in the nation in the 2024 class in the 247Sports Composite that signed with UConn last offseason.
Committed to VCU
Aidan Mahaney, G
California native and former three-star recruit Aidan Mahaney was a key contributor coming off the bench in UConn's backcourt rotation this past season in 2024-25. Mahaney scored in double figures in six games for the Huskies last season, including a season-high 15 points off the bench in a clutch 87-84 Big East win over Providence at home in early January.
After playing one season at UConn this past campaign in the Big East, Mahaney is returning back home to the West Coast to play the final year of his eligibility in college at UCSB.
Committed to UCSB