Top senior Dybantsa headlines All American teams
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- 40 “/ > Jeff BorzelloJan 27, 2025, 03:08 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider.
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- Graduate of University of Delaware.Top-ranked senior A.J. Dybantsa headlined the rosters for the 48th annual McDonald’s All American kids’game, providing BYU its first individual in 25 years.The rosters, which include 22 of the top 24 potential customers in the 2025 ESPN 100, were revealed Monday on ESPN’s” NBA Today.”Dybantsa, who devoted to BYU over Alabama and North Carolina in December, is the No. 1-ranked player in the 2025 class. He’s the very first considering that Garner Meads in 2000 and the sixth in program history, following Meads, Shawn Bradley, Michael Smith, Greg Kite and Devin Durrant.Duke, which has the No. 1 recruiting class in 2025, and two-time ruling champ UConn blaze a trail with three signees called to the game. Jon Scheyer and the Blue Devils have twin siblings Cameron Boozer(No. 3 )and Cayden Boozer(No. 16 ), in addition to forward Nikolas Khamenia (No. 21), while UConn will be represented by Braylon Mullins (No. 14), Eric Reibe( No. 22)and Darius Adams (No. 27). Editor’s Picks Arkansas and Houston are the other 2 schools with several employees on the roster. John Calipari’s first full recruiting class in Fayetteville
includes the only top-10 duo in the nation, with Darius Acuff(No. 5) and Meleek Thomas (No. 10), while Houston has Chris Cenac Jr. (No. 6 )and Isiah Harwell (No. 13). Overall, 14 colleges have employees named to this year’s game.Four uncommitted players were picked to this year’s roster: Nate Ament (No. 4), Koa Peat (No. 9), Brayden Burries(No. 11)and Alijah Arenas(No. 12).
Ament and Burries are still thinking about a long list of schools, while Arenas– son of former NBA All-Star Gilbert– just recently reclassified from 2026 into the senior class. Peat is down to 5 schools: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Houston and Texas.The East group will be led by Lake Clifton High School(Maryland )coach Herman Harried, while Danny Broussard of St. Thomas More Catholic School(Louisiana )will coach the West team.The McDonald’s All American Games for both boys and ladies will take place in Brooklyn on April 1 at the Barclays Center.EAST ROSTER Shon Abaev, 6-7, F, Cincinnati(No. 24) Darius Acuff Jr., 6-2, G, Arkansas(No. 5)Darius Adams, 6-5,
G, UConn(No. 27) Nate Ament, 6-9, F, Uncommitted (No. 4)Cameron Boozer, 6-9, F, Duke( No. 3)Cayden Boozer, 6-4, G, Duke(No. 16)Jalen Haralson, 6-7, F, Notre Dame(No. 19)Isiah Harwell, 6-6, G, Houston( No.
13)Trey McKenney, 6-4, F, Michigan (No. 18
)Malachi Moreno, 6-10, C, Kentucky(No. 23
)Braylon Mullins, 6-4, G, UConn (No. 14
)Eric Reibe, 7-0, C, UConn (No. 22
)WEST LINEUP Alijah Arenas, 6-6, G, Uncommitted(No. 12 )Mikel Brown Jr., 6-3, G, Louisville(No. 8)
Niko Bundalo, 6-10, F, Washington (No. 28)
Brayden Burries, 6-4, G, Uncommitted (No. 11)
Chris Cenac Jr., 6-10, C, Houston (No. 6)
A.J. Dybantsa, 6-9, F, BYU (No. 1)
Nikolas Khamenia, 6-8, Duke (No. 21)
Koa Peat, 6-7
, F, Uncommitted (No. 9)
Darryn Peterson, 6-6, G, Kansas (No. 2)
Meleek Thomas, 6-4, G, Arkansas (No. 10)
Caleb Wilson, 6-9, F, North Carolina(No. 7)
Tounde Yessoufou, 6-5, F, Baylor (No. 15
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