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The BYU basketball roster for next season now includes 15 players. Are the Cougars finished looking in the transfer portal?

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Kevin Young has assembled a roster that could easily go 12 players deep in 2025-26 .

With the transfer portal having closed and the 2025 acquisitions are slowly trickling into Provo .

The return of Richie Saunders , Keba Keita , Dawson Baker and AJ Dybantsa are among those returning to BYU .

BYU 's 2025-26 roster includes 15 players, a list that includes Southern Illinois guard Kennard Davis .

Young said Mboup has hit the weight room hard under the direction of men’s basketball director of strength, conditioning and sports science Michael Davie .

Young: “We think a lot of guys can make a jump within our program,” Young said.

A few position projections Here’s how the Deseret News projects the BYU basketball lineup to look in 2025-26 : - Point guard: Rob Wright — Dawson Baker — Nate Pickens - Shooting guard:

Kennard DavisDominique Diomande - Wing /small forward: Richie Saunders — Tyler Mrus - Power forward/wing: AJ Dybantsa , Brody Kozlowski , Khadim Mboup - Post : Keba Keita , Mihailo Boskovic , Xavion Staton

BYU has not officially announced Davis ’ signing.

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