Final 2025 men's recruiting class rankings: 4 new teams, plus risers and fallers

With Niko Bundalo and Braydon Hawthorne announcing their commitments, we tin yet adjacent the publication connected the 2025 men's hoops recruiting class.

With roster question settling down, assemblage hoops coaches are hitting the roadworthy to ticker the adjacent procreation of precocious schoolhouse prospects. But earlier we crook the leafage to the adjacent 3 classes, it's clip for the last variation of our 2025 recruiting people rankings.

There has been plentifulness of alteration since the last update successful January, with aggregate five-star prospects making commitments, arsenic good arsenic coaching changes and transportation portal machinations starring to decommitments.

Here were the biggest stories of the past fewer months:

Arizona adds five-star duo: Tommy Lloyd's recruiting people was missing prima powerfulness entering March, but that was rectified rapidly with Koa Peat and Brayden Burries committing to the Wildcats wrong a two-week span. Both players should commencement instantly and support Arizona successful the apical 15 nationally.

Nate Ament picks Tennessee: The single-biggest committedness of the outpouring came connected Easter Sunday, erstwhile top-five imaginable Ament committed to Rick Barnes and Tennessee. The Volunteers emerged arsenic the favourite down the stretch, beating retired a agelong database of programs that pursued Ament. The 6-foot-9 helping could beryllium the champion semipermanent imaginable successful the class.

Impact of coaching changes: Most springs, determination are header committedness flips owed to the coaching carousel. And portion determination were inactive respective top-50 decommitments this year, it was arsenic overmuch a effect of portal additions arsenic it was coaching changes. Darius Adams (UConn to Maryland) and Acaden Lewis (Kentucky to Villanova) made their moves aft the Huskies and Wildcats added aggregate perimeter players from the portal -- some landed with caput coaches caller to their programs, with Buzz Williams taking implicit astatine Maryland and Kevin Willard astatine Villanova.

Most different large changes centered connected Miami. Matt Able, who committed to the Hurricanes nether Jim Larranga, flipped to NC State. And caller Miami caput manager Jai Lucas was capable to onshore top-50 recruits Shelton Henderson and Dante Allen, who had primitively committed to Duke and Villanova, respectively.

Note: Class rankings are determined by a mathematical look weighting assorted factors related to the prime and quantity of players successful the class.

1. Duke Blue Devils

January ranking: 1

Top recruit: Cameron Boozer (No. 3)

Jon Scheyer keeps Duke astatine the apical of the recruiting pecking bid contempt top-30 imaginable Shelton Henderson decommitting successful April to travel erstwhile Blue Devils adjunct Jai Lucas to Miami.

Scheyer had to enactment harder than initially perceived for the commitments of Cameron and Cayden Boozer (No. 16), sons of erstwhile Duke large antheral and NBA seasoned Carlos Boozer, but yet bushed retired Miami for the twins. The Boozer brothers bring winning inheritance aft highly decorated precocious schoolhouse careers.

Meanwhile, Nikolas Khamenia (No. 15) boosted his banal with his performances connected the USA Basketball circuit and could beryllium a one-and-done prospect.

With Washington State transportation Cedric Coward staying successful the NBA draft, Scheyer pivoted to regenerate him, expanding the spread betwixt Duke and different programs successful the process. The Blue Devils landed projected first-round prime Dame Sarr, an Italian helping from FC Barcelona, arsenic good arsenic top-25 enlistee Sebastian Wilkins, who reclassified successful 2025 from the 2026 class.

2. Houston Cougars

January ranking: 2

Top recruit: Chris Cenac Jr. (No. 6)

Kelvin Sampson landed the program's highest-ranked enlistee of the modern epoch by signing his backcourt of the future. Cenac was 1 of the biggest breakout stars successful the state past spring, past dominated astatine aggregate events successful the summer. Isiah Harwell (No. 14) committed successful September, becoming lone the 2nd five-star imaginable to prime the Cougars since 2012. He is simply a poised defender who is adept arsenic a playmaker and tin marque shots from the perimeter.

Harwell volition brace with Kingston Flemings (No. 22), the No. 1 subordinate successful the authorities of Texas and different interaction recruit. Flemings is simply a speedy constituent defender who loves to bushed his defender and get into the paint, wherever helium tin decorativeness successful postulation oregon make opportunities for a teammate.

In-state four-star defender Bryce Jackson has besides signed with Houston.

3. Arkansas Razorbacks

January ranking: 3

Top recruit: Darius Acuff (No. 7)

Arkansas was inconsistent connected the tribunal successful Year 1 with John Calipari astatine the helm, but it seems helium volition proceed to onshore elite recruiting classes successful Fayetteville. The Razorbacks are the lone programme with much than 1 enlistee successful the apical 11 of the ESPN 100, with Acuff and Meleek Thomas (No. 11) some committed.

Acuff, the champion constituent defender successful this class, became the 16th five-star constituent defender to perpetrate to Calipari since 2009. And Thomas, a big-time scorer, announced his decisions conscionable earlier the aboriginal signing period. The 2 should signifier an incredibly dynamic backcourt for the Razorbacks adjacent season.

Meanwhile, Isaiah Sealy (No. 68) brings versatility and size connected the perimeter, and is assertive with the shot successful his hands. Four-star Karim Rtail is simply a Lithuania native.

4. Arizona Wildcats

January ranking: Unranked

Top recruit: Koa Peat (No. 10)

Arizona saw the biggest emergence successful the last iteration of these rankings, landing a brace of top-15 prospects successful the spring. The Wildcats had been recruiting Peat and Brayden Burries (No. 12) for years, and it paid disconnected successful a two-week span successful March erstwhile some five-star targets announced commitments to Tommy Lloyd's program.

Peat was 1 of the astir consistently productive players successful precocious schoolhouse basketball, portion besides winning 4 authorities championships and 3 golden medals with USA Basketball. Burris is simply a talented scoring defender who continues to marque strides arsenic a playmaker and creator. The brace joined top-40 imaginable Dwayne Aristode (No. 37) and three-star helping Bryce James, lad of LeBron James.

Arizona besides landed Senegal autochthonal Sidi Gueye, who volition get aft debuting for Real Madrid arsenic a 17-year aged this past October.

5. UConn Huskies

January ranking: 5

Top recruit: Braylon Mullins (No. 17)

Winning back-to-back nationalist championships makes for a bully recruiting pitch. With Mullins and Eric Reibe (No. 23), this is the archetypal clip since the ESPN recruiting database launched successful 2007 that UConn has had aggregate top-25 recruits successful the aforesaid class.

Mullins is 1 of the elite shooters successful the class, and Reibe -- a left-handed 7-footer -- is simply a skilled large antheral and the No. 2 halfway successful the country. Dan Hurley besides landed skilled Australia autochthonal Jacob Furphy and four-star Jacob Ross, a erstwhile Minnesota perpetrate and the younger member of existent Husky Jayden Ross.

Top-30 enlistee Darius Adams decommitted pursuing the additions of transportation constituent guards Silas Demary Jr. and Malachi Smith.

6. Kentucky Wildcats

January ranking: 4

Top recruit: Jasper Johnson (No. 18)

Mark Pope is ne'er going to beryllium John Calipari connected the recruiting trail, but helium doesn't request to beryllium -- and Pope has answered a batch of questions astir his quality to enlistee high-level precocious schoolhouse prospects with this class. There were immoderate factors moving successful the Wildcats' favor: Johnson, a five-star guard, is from Lexington, and Malachi Moreno (No. 25) is different in-state recruit. But Pope inactive had to combat disconnected big-time competition, peculiarly for Johnson.

Acaden Lewis decommitting aft the Wildcats landed respective perimeter players from the portal dropped them down a mates of spots successful the rankings. They did adhd Croatian large antheral Andrija Jelavic successful the spring, past fast-rising ESPN 100 imaginable Braydon Hawthorne (No. 81) to adjacent retired the roster.

7. Tennessee Volunteers

January ranking: Unranked

Top recruit: Nate Ament (No. 4)

With Rick Barnes losing six cardinal players from this past season, the Volunteers needed an impactful recruiting people -- and they signed the champion subordinate near connected the committee entering the spring. Ament had a long, drawn-out recruitment with a slew of programs perceived to beryllium astatine the apical of the pecking bid astatine antithetic points successful time. But with Tennessee capable to merchantability its drawstring of winning seasons and a immense relation from the start, Ament is headed to Knoxville. He has 1 of the highest ceilings of immoderate enlistee successful the 2025 people and is simply a morganatic contender for the No. 1 prime successful adjacent June's NBA draft.

Ament is 1 of 3 ESPN 100 prospects from this people to motion with Tennessee, on with DeWayne Brown (No. 70) and Amari Evans (No. 76). The Vols are loaded up front, but Evans could person a relation to play aboriginal fixed the deficiency of proven bodies connected the perimeter.

Former Fordham perpetrate Troy Henderson and France autochthonal Clarence Massamba circular retired the class.

8. North Carolina Tar Heels

January ranking: 8

Top recruit: Caleb Wilson (No. 5)

Even aft the Tar Heels missed connected A.J. Dybantsa successful December, it was wide they weren't done taking large swings with this class. Then Wilson, 1 of the apical prospects near connected the board, committed to North Carolina implicit Kentucky. Given his size and two-way ability, helium is 1 of the highest imaginable players successful the class.

Before Wilson picked Carolina, Hubert Davis had 2 ESPN 100 guards already signed successful Derek Dixon (No. 54) and in-state imaginable Isaiah Denis (No. 59). Both tin truly sprout from the perimeter, portion Dixon has much of a college-ready frame.

9. Notre Dame Fighting Irish

January ranking: 9

Top recruit: Jalen Haralson (No. 19)

If Micah Shrewsberry tin footwear things into precocious cogwheel successful South Bend, he'll look backmost astatine precocious September 2024 arsenic the week that took the Fighting Irish to a caller level. Within a five-day span, the squad landed 3 ESPN 100 commitments, including the program's highest-ranked imaginable successful the modern era.

It started connected a Monday with Brady Koehler (No. 94), followed by the large target: Haralson, the champion boys' precocious schoolhouse subordinate successful the authorities of Indiana, with the Irish beating retired the Hoosiers for Haralson. Two days later, ESPN 100 helping Ryder Frost (No. 79) besides committed.

Three-star halfway Tommy Ahneman rounded retired the radical earlier the period ended.

10. SMU Mustangs

January ranking: 6

Top recruit: Jaden Toombs (No. 33)

Andy Enfield won 24 games successful his archetypal play arsenic SMU's caput coach, but helium has besides brought his precocious schoolhouse recruiting occurrence astatine USC to Dallas.

The Mustangs had 3 ESPN 100 prospects perpetrate early: Toombs, Nigel Walls (No. 69) and Jermaine O'Neal Jr. (No. 80). During the aboriginal signing period, they added different four-star enlistee successful B.J. Davis-Ray. Toombs' elite rebounding quality should construe aboriginal astatine the assemblage level; Walls needs to physically make but has a precocious ceiling; and O'Neal tin marque plays astatine some ends of the court. Davis-Ray brings a wide array of violative skills.

11. Auburn Tigers

January ranking: 10

Top recruit: Kaden Magwood (No. 39)

Bruce Pearl has a trio of ESPN 100 prospects successful the fold, with a mid-November surge that netted Magwood and Sebastian Williams-Adams (No. 45). Magwood is simply a dynamic defender who plays with notable aggression offensively, perpetually looking to marque a play. He tin airy up the scoreboard successful a hurry and is susceptible of immense scoring performances. Williams-Adams should acceptable Pearl's strategy perfectly, fixed his magnitude and versatility connected the antiaircraft end.

The 3rd subordinate of the radical is Simon Walker (No. 99), an in-state perimeter shooter. Junior assemblage prospects Abdul Bashir and Emeka Opurum person besides signed.

12. Mississippi State Bulldogs

January ranking: 11

Top recruit: King Grace (No. 72)

With a top-15 recruiting people successful the fold -- including the top-ranked subordinate successful the authorities of Mississippi, Jamarion Davis-Fleming (No. 93) -- Chris Jans continues the momentum started by 3 consecutive NCAA tourney appearances. The champion subordinate successful the people is Grace, a terrific scorer who tin get points astatine each 3 levels.

Center Tee Bartlett (No. 90) and four-star helping Cameren Paul are besides committed.

13. BYU Cougars

January ranking: 7

Top recruit: A.J. Dybantsa (No. 1)

When Kevin Young took implicit successful Provo, it was wide the programme was consenting to supply the resources to vie for apical endowment and upgrade the roster. It paid disconnected quickly.

In December, BYU landed the No. 1 imaginable successful precocious schoolhouse hoops erstwhile Dybantsa picked the Cougars implicit Alabama, North Carolina and Kansas. Dybantsa, a 6-foot-9 wing, is simply a imaginable No. 1 prime successful the 2026 NBA draught and possesses an precocious accomplishment acceptable and an incredibly precocious ceiling.

Young is readying to situation Dybantsa with plentifulness of talent, including ESPN 100 halfway Xavion Staton (No. 55) and four-star large antheral Chamberlin Burgess.

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A.J. Dybantsa slams it location to get the 2025 McDonald's All American crippled started

No. 1 wide imaginable and BYU perpetrate A.J. Dybantsa slams it location to get the 2025 McDonald's All American crippled started.

14. Syracuse Orange

January ranking: 12

Top recruit: Sadiq White (No. 27)

Syracuse was 1 of the archetypal to onslaught successful the 2025 class, landing White, a talented guardant from North Carolina past spring. He's a terrific jock and volition either regenerate existent freshman Donnie Freeman oregon play alongside him successful 1 of the astir explosive frontcourts successful the country. But the committedness that pushed the Orange into the apical 15 was Kiyan Anthony (No. 35), lad of Hall of Famer Carmelo Anthony. Anthony is an elite scorer with ultimate assurance and unlimited scope connected his jumper.

Red Autry is besides bringing successful a brace of wings successful four-star Australia autochthonal Luke Fennel and three-star Aaron Womack from Milwaukee.

15. Ole Miss Rebels

January ranking: Unranked

Top recruit: Niko Bundalo (No. 34)

The Rebels surge into the last rankings aft the precocious summation of Bundalo, a erstwhile Washington perpetrate who was a McDonald's All American and 1 of the astir talented frontcourt prospects successful the class. Bundalo is the 3rd ESPN 100 pickup for Chris Beard successful this group, joining guardant Tylis Jordan (No. 91) and shooting defender Patton Pinkins (No. 97), the lad of adjunct manager Al Pinkins.

There's plentifulness of intrigue surrounding the summation of French defender Ilias Kamardine, who won MVP astatine the FIBA U20 Eurobasket and has nonrecreational acquisition successful France.

16. Marquette Golden Eagles

January ranking: 13

Top recruit: Nigel James (No. 67)

Shaka Smart has built his past mates of Marquette teams via roster retention and experience, and is bringing successful a four-man radical that volition person the quality to turn wrong the program.

James roseate astir 30 spots successful the rankings during his precocious schoolhouse season; helium brings toughness to the constituent defender spot. Fellow ESPN 100 prospects Michael Phillips II (No. 95) and Adrien Stevens (No. 100) articulation him. Phillips, who reclassified from the 2026 class, has immense upside, and Stevens is assertive going to the rim. Three-star helping Ian Miletic rounds retired the group.

17. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

January ranking: 14

Top recruit: Mouhamed Sylla (No. 28)

Georgia Tech flashed successful Damon Stoudamire's archetypal play astatine the helm (2023-24), and portion the Yellow Jackets didn't physique connected that momentum this past season, determination is existent committedness connected the recruiting trail. They roseate up the rankings erstwhile Sylla, a top-50 halfway and top-five subordinate astatine his position, picked Georgia Tech implicit Arkansas and Oregon successful mid-January. Akai Fleming (No. 52) committed soon aft past play ended; helium tin people and is physically acceptable for the adjacent level.

Four-star guards Eric Chatfield and Brandon Stores, arsenic good arsenic three-star halfway Cole Kirouac, are besides signed.

18. Kansas Jayhawks

January ranking: 15

Top recruit: Darryn Peterson (No. 2)

After entering November without a azygous committedness from the 2025 class, Bill Self and Kansas had a fantastic three-week surge that vaulted the Jayhawks into the rankings.

The archetypal domino was the champion of the group, with Peterson choosing the Jayhawks implicit Ohio State, Kansas State and USC. He is the champion defender successful the 2025 people and 1 of the champion scorers coming retired of precocious school. He volition beryllium joined successful Lawrence by fast-rising guardant Samis Calderon (No. 87), two-sport prima Jaden Nickens and precocious signee Corbin Allen.

With top-30 imaginable Bryson Tiller included, this could person been a top-10 class, but Tiller enrolled aboriginal astatine Kansas to redshirt and hole for adjacent season.

19. Alabama Crimson Tide

January ranking: 17

Top recruit: London Jemison (No. 42)

The Crimson Tide secured a spot successful the rankings erstwhile top-50 imaginable Davion Hannah (No. 46) picked Bama implicit Cincinnati, Missouri and Ohio State. He joined a radical that already included four-star prospects Jemison and Amari Allen. Jemison is simply a versatile helping who continues to advancement arsenic a perimeter shooter, and Allen tin besides marque shots from heavy and should supply extent close away. But they did miss retired connected apical imaginable A.J. Dybantsa.

20. USC Trojans

January ranking: 24

Top recruit: Alijah Arenas (No. 13)

Eric Musselman and the Trojans didn't person a azygous committedness coming retired of the aboriginal signing play but bushed retired Vanderbilt, Ohio State and SMU for Jerry Easter (No. 44) successful precocious November, past made a large splash with top-15 enlistee Arenas -- lad of Gilbert Arenas -- successful January. Easter mightiness person to play a bigger relation earlier than expected fixed the Trojans' deficiency of constituent guards, and Arenas is simply a terrific scorer with large size for the wing, though helium is recovering from a serious car crash successful April.

Musselman has traditionally built his rosters via the portal -- and helium did onshore 8 transfers this outpouring -- but he's establishing a beardown endowment basal with precocious schoolhouse recruits truthful acold astatine USC.

21. Michigan Wolverines

January ranking: 23

Top recruit: Trey McKenney (No. 20)

Michigan saw a immense leap successful the rankings close earlier the aboriginal signing play successful November, erstwhile Dusty May landed his archetypal five-star enlistee (McKenney) arsenic caput coach. The in-state defender is 1 of the tougher matchups successful the people due to the fact that of his spot and quality to people astatine each 3 levels. McKenney joined a people that already included four-star helping Winters Grady (No. 86) and New Zealand autochthonal Oscar Goodman, who broke retired astatine past summer's FIBA U17 World Cup and enrolled aboriginal successful Ann Arbor earlier redshirting.

Patrick Liburd joined the people precocious successful the spring.

22. Florida Gators

January ranking: 18

Top recruit: Cornelius Ingram Jr. (No. 21)

The Gators person 2 ESPN 100 prospects, some from the authorities of Florida. Ingram is an incredibly intriguing player. He's the lad of erstwhile NFL choky extremity Cornelius Ingram and made waves connected the Nike EYBL circuit with his explosiveness and highlight-reel quality successful transition.

Alexander Lloyd (No. 36) isn't acold down Ingram successful the rankings; Lloyd tin play either defender presumption and people successful a assortment of ways.

23. Miami Hurricanes

January ranking: Unranked

Top recruit: Shelton Henderson (No. 30)

Part of Jai Lucas' entreaty to Miami was his quality to pull high-level talent, which helium did astatine Duke, Kentucky and Texas -- and the Hurricanes are hoping his archetypal recruiting people successful Coral Gables is simply a motion of what is to come.

The large determination came erstwhile Henderson decommitted from Duke, wherever Lucas had recruited him, and followed the erstwhile Blue Devils adjunct to Miami. Henderson was the 2nd top-50 imaginable that Lucas brought to Miami, aft erstwhile Villanova perpetrate Dante Allen (No. 41) signed. The ESPN 100 duo is joined by Slovakia autochthonal Timotej Malovec and Turkish halfway Salih Altuntas.

24. Washington Huskies

January ranking: 16

Top recruit: J.J. Mandaquit (No. 47)

Danny Sprinkle's archetypal afloat recruiting people successful Seattle looks apt to extremity up successful the apical 25 contempt top-35 imaginable Niko Bundalo decommitting from the Huskies and reopening his recruitment. The Huskies inactive person a top-50 imaginable successful the fold successful Mandaquit, 1 of the amended existent constituent guards successful the class. Mandaquit is joined by four-stars Courtland Muldrew, who signed early, and Jasir Rencher, who decommitted from Texas A&M pursuing a coaching change.

Junior assemblage large antheral Mady Traore and German guardant Hannes Steinbach circular retired the group.

25. Butler Bulldogs

January ranking: 22

Top recruit: Jack McCaffery (No. 89)

Despite 3 up-and-down seasons backmost astatine Butler, Thad Matta has 2 ESPN 100 prospects and a top-25 people coming to Hinkle Fieldhouse. McCaffery -- lad of Penn manager Fran McCaffery -- and Azavier Robinson (No. 96) are the champion of the group, but determination is simply a 3rd four-star imaginable successful the fold successful North Carolina autochthonal Jackson Keith.

Three-star Canada autochthonal Efeosa Oliogu committed successful January to circular retired the group.