Florida aims for a back-to-back title win in the 2025-26 men's college basketball season, with key players returning and new transfers joining. Houston and Duke are also positioned for strong Final Four runs, while Auburn strives for past dominance. Freshmen stars are emerging and talented transfers could make the season exciting. The future landscape of coaching shifts as experienced ACC coaches retire or step down. Anticipation builds around the biggest storylines, player performances, and coaching changes ahead.
Florida has the talent to make another title run. Before UConn won the national championships in 2023 and 2024, men's college basketball hadn't seen a repeat title winner since Florida in 2006 and 2007 -- but Todd Golden's Gators have the players to make it a trend. Alex Condon withdrew from the NBA draft to return to Florida, Rueben Chinyelu and Thomas Haugh are also back, and top transfers Boogie Fland and Xaivian Lee were added in the portal.
With a new class of freshman stars -- including A.J. Dybantsa at BYU, Darryn Peterson at Kansas and Nate Ament at Tennessee -- plus plenty of talent transferring to title contenders, it should be another entertaining season of hoops as the sport adapts to changes.
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