Hoops fanatics, it is time to get pumped up, child!
The 2025-26 faculty basketball season is about 150 days away, and the boys’s switch portal has been scorching hotter than a Tampa summer season.
I’ve acquired my newest preseason rankings as we enter summer season, loaded with superstars, Diaper Dandies and PTPers (Prime-Time Gamers). Try Dickie V’s Dazzling Dozen squads that look able to rock the hardwood.
Coach Matt Painter has his Boilermakers able to roll. They return 5 of their high six scorers, together with Trey Kaufman-Renn and Braden Smith, plus main transfers Oscar Cluff and Liam Murphy. Be careful, child, this squad’s Candy 16 run final yr was no fluke.
Coach Kelvin Sampson’s Cougars are roaring once more. Emanuel Sharp and Joseph Tugler lead a core contemporary off a championship look. Keep watch over five-star Chris Cenac Jr. — he is Diaper Dandy Deluxe.
The defending champs from Gainesville are chomping for extra. Alex Condon and Thomas Haugh are again, joined by switch stars Xaivian Lee and Boogie Fland. Can they repeat? They’ve the expertise, child.
The Huskies are howling once more. Solo Ball and Alex Karaban return, bolstered by transfers Silas Demary Jr. and Malachi Smith. This squad has Remaining 4 potential written throughout it.
Rick Pitino’s Johnnies are loaded. They’ve transfers like Ian Jackson and Bryce Hopkins. They’ve anchor Zuby Ejiofor. They’re able to storm the Massive East and past. They are going to make main noise once more.
The Purple Raiders are able to raid once more. JT Toppin and Christian Anderson are again, strengthened by switch expertise like LeJuan Watts and Josiah Moseley. They made it to the Elite Eight final yr; might a Remaining 4 be subsequent?
BYU has a squad that is hotter than Provo in July. Richie Saunders returns, alongside mega transfers Robert Wright III and five-star A.J. Dybantsa. Be careful, Cougars followers, this group’s legit.
Coach John Calipari’s Razorbacks return D.J. Wagner and Trevon Brazile, paired with sensational freshmen Darius Acuff and Meleek Thomas. Woo Pig Sooie, they’re stacked.
Coach Jon Scheyer has one other blockbuster class at Duke. Isaiah Evans and Caleb Foster return, joined by five-star phenom Cameron Boozer. This group screams Remaining 4 contender.
Mick Cronin’s Bruins preserve grinding. Tyler Bilodeau and Eric Dailey Jr. headline a group loaded with expertise, together with transfers Donovan Dent, Steven Jamerson II and Xavier Booker. Look out, Massive Ten; this group is coming robust.
Mark Pope reloads once more, of us. Otega Oweh and Brandon Garrison will probably be seeking to lead an unimaginable group of transfers together with Jayden Quaintance, Jaland Lowe and Mouhamed Dioubate. The Wildcats are roaring loud in Lexington.
Go Blue, child! Michigan returns key gamers Roddy Gayle Jr. and Nimari Burnett, and provides transfers Elliot Cadeau and Morez Johnson Jr. The Wolverines are Candy 16 veterans hungry for extra.
So, basketball junkies, fasten your seatbelts. It will be a season stuffed with Slam Jam Bam pleasure! It is superior, child!
