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AJ Dybantsa, the No. 1 ranked player in the class of 2025 is down to just seven schools.
Dybantsa’s father Anicet Dybantsa confirmed Friday morning to 247Sports that the 6-foot-9 small forward who will play his senior season at Hurricane (Utah) Utah Prep is down to a final list of Alabama, Auburn, Baylor, BYU, Kansas, Kansas State and North Carolina.
So far, Dybantsa has taken an official visit to Auburn and has seen BYU unofficially. Now, he’s in the process of setting up visits to the schools that he’s yet to see and will be making a return to BYU for an official visit
Earlier this summer, Dybantsa recapped his visits to Auburn and BYU with 247Sports analyst Dushawn London.
“My BYU unofficial was good,” said Dybantsa. “I was already in Utah, so I might as well take that visit since it’s right up the street. On the visit, Coach Kevin Young went through a brief vision of what he sees me as. He told me about his NBA background and some of the guys that he’s coached and thinks I play similar to. He said if I were to go on an official, he’ll go deeper into context.”
During the Auburn trip, Bruce Pearl focused on Dybantsa’s potential role
Bruce was essentially telling me that I’d play a Jabari Smith or Isaac Okoro role,” he recalled. “I’d play the wing or two role in college and that’s what they did, so that’s a good comparison.”
A special prospect who has tremendous size, athleticism and scoring ability, Dybantsa is coming off an epic summer. He was a major piece of USA Basketball’s dominant gold medal run through the FIBA U17 World Cup and he then helped to lead his summer team the Oakland Soldiers all the way to the finals of Nike’s Peach Jam.
Next up, Dybantsa and his Utah Prep teammates will be taking a trip to China to play in a series of games next week.
Next up, Dybantsa and his Utah Prep teammates will be taking a trip to China to play in a series of games next week.
Potentially the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, Dybantsa has certainly caught the attention of 247Sports Director of Scouting Adam Finkelstein who wrote this scouting report during the summer.
“A 6-foot-9 jumbo wing with a wingspan exceeding 7 feet, an emerging 200-plus-pound frame and an advanced understanding of how to score from his spots (even in a half-court game), AJ Dybantsa is the best prospect in high school basketball.