2025-26 Roster

[longtimefan]

Since our disappointing season is practically over, it’s time to look at next year, to get the sight of this team out of our system.

As of today, next year we have:

Jizzle James
Dillon Mitchell
Dan Skillings
Josh Reed
Rayvon Griffith
Tyler Betsey
Tyler McKinley
Keyshaun Tillery
Shon Abeav
Halvine Dzellat
Arrinten Page
Connor Hickman (possibly)
Day Day Thomas (possibly)
JJ Rembert

We’ll see how it goes. We obviously need quality bigs. Looking at next year beats watching the end of this year.

[GoBearcats31]

Coat and tie for the boys this year
https://gobearcats.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

New #s (including the latest international additions)
0 - Buckingham
3 - Haynes (-15 lbs. from George Mason bio)
5 - Harris (+6 lbs. from WVU bio)
7 - Tillery
10 - Abaev
11 - Kriisa
13 - Darbyshire
14 - Arturi (listed as 6'5 205 lb. guard)
17 - Rodriguez (listed as 6'6 195 lb. guard)
18 - Miller (+10 lbs. from FAU bio)
32 - Celestine (+5 lbs. from Baylor bio)
52 - Thiam (+15 lbs. from UCF bio)

Returnees
1 - Thomas
24 - McKinley
65 - Dzellat (+15 lbs.)

[leo from jersey]

Kelly Peters Named Bearcats’ Special Assistant to the Head Coach

https://gobearcats.com/news/2025/09/...the-head-coach

what will be his responsibilities. They seem to be giving CWM all the help. Maybe this is the year.

[GoBearcats31]

Kelly Peters Named Bearcats’ Special Assistant to the Head Coach

https://gobearcats.com/news/2025/09/...the-head-coach

[bearcatbret]

Just the roster and the potential have the Bearcats in the top 30. https://fanrecap.com/cincinnati-bear...g8wANmSHA_MsSQ

[Carthage World]

Thiam partook in yesterday's press conference with Wes Miller and Corey Evans

Here is a Scott Springer article on Thiam https://www.cincinnati.com/story/spo...6007/?tbref=hp

Really enjoyed listening to Thiam speak. Very intelligent and personable young man. Excited to see him take the court.

[GoBearcats31]

Thiam partook in yesterday's press conference with Wes Miller and Corey Evans

Here is a Scott Springer article on Thiam https://www.cincinnati.com/story/spo...6007/?tbref=hp

[GoBearcats31]

UC is 28 in the team ratings from Evan Miyakawa
https://evanmiya.com/?team_ratings

[leo from jersey]

Fran Fraschilla on Twitter:

It’s nearly whole new team @GoBearcatsMBB so it will be an interesting experiment. But I love what they’ve done with roster. Welcome to the new normal in college basketball. Respectfully, Jizzle James, who had some great Bearcat moments, was far too inconsistent to be the “face” in a league as good as @Big12Conference. Certainly wish him well

Inconsistent is putting it graciously. Time to move on.

[GoBearcats31]

Shon and Keyshuan join Dan Hoard on the latest Let's Reign podcast episode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcmR...Ln5K24&index=1

[GoBearcats31]

Fran Fraschilla on Twitter:

It’s nearly whole new team @GoBearcatsMBB so it will be an interesting experiment. But I love what they’ve done with roster. Welcome to the new normal in college basketball. Respectfully, Jizzle James, who had some great Bearcat moments, was far too inconsistent to be the “face” in a league as good as @Big12Conference. Certainly wish him well

[GoBearcats31]

USA
- Thomas
- Haynes
- Harris
- Tillery
- McKinley
- Abaev (but born in Israel)

World
- Kriisa (Estonia)
- Miller (Spain)
- Celestine (Canada)
- Thiam (Sengal)
- Dzellat (France)
- Rodriguez (Spain)
- Ataurai (Brazil)

[leo from jersey]

Per a post on IG, Lucas Atauri has joined UC's roster?

a guard -- someone is long gone. From Brazil. From MSN is elling "The 21-year-old committed to play for DePaul last month, but Cincinnati swooped in to sign him at the last minute after an issue with his test scores. This past season, Atauri scored 6.5 points per game and shot 37% from beyond the arc for the Paulistano / Corpore São Paulo club team."

[London 'Cat]

Per a post on IG, Lucas Atauri has joined UC's roster?

[GoBearcats31]

Moustapha Thiam already showing up in early 2026 mock drafts (second round):
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...a-boozer-ament
https://nbadraftroom.com/2026-2nd-round/

Thiam 46 in the latest 2026 mock draft from Bleacher Report