If the transfer portal closed today, BYU basketball would be four spots short of a full roster. With more players using the transfer portal as an exit than an entrance (an unfortunate trend in the current era of college basketball as a whole), Kevin Young is left with an uncomfortable number of vacancies on his depth chart.
Now with just two days standing between the time of writing this article and the close of the transfer window, BYU basketball has to act fast.
No, the closing of the transfer portal does not mean every transferring player must find a destination in the next 48 hours. When the transfer portal closes, that marks the deadline for players to begin the transfer process. Essentially, a few more life-changing players could still submit their names into the portal.
But here's the catch: once the portal closes, the options are set. From that moment, the best teams in the nation will be sending everything in their power to secure the top prospects' commitments. No more waiting around hoping for better options. No more will-they-won't they. The world of college basketball is cutthroat and BYU can't afford to sit around and watch as the best available players go slipping by.
Here is the current projected depth chart. As it stands, the team is left with four empty roster spots to fill.
BYU basketball projected depth chart 2025-26 (April 19, 2026):
Starters:
PG - Rob Wright III (Jr)
SG - Collin Chandler (Jr)
SF - Bruce Branch III (Fr)
PF - Wahlin (Sr)/Betsey (Jr)
C - Khadim Mboup (RS So)
Bench:
PG/SG - Nate Pickens (Sr)
SG - Dawson Baker (RS Sr)
SF - Brody Kozlowski (RS So)
SG - Dean Rueckert (Fr)
PG/SG - Brooks Bahr (Fr)
In Search Of: a starting center
Kevin Young's options are becoming increasingly limited as the best players in the transfer portal are getting snatched left and right.
BYU's most immediate need is an obvious one: they need a starting center, and they need one bad. As great as Khadim Mboup was a season ago, he's a rotation-level contributor for elite college basketball programs at this point in his development. As much as Kevin Young will lean on his defense throughout the season, BYU doesn't want Mboup to take minutes as the lead big man down low.
That's why you've heard BYU basketball in connection with 7-footers like UConn's Eric Reibe and Italian Luigi Suigo in recent days -- the Cougars are sending the farm to secure a legit power-level center to sure-up the team's defense and add a wrinkle of inside offense.
Forgive me for hammering this point over and over again, but there's is nothing more important for BYU basketball than fastening down the 5. BYU needs a starting center. They need a second-string center. Everything else is filler at this point.
But with the transfer portal closing in, there's no time to lose for Kevin Young to build around stars Bruce Branch III, Rob Wright III, and Collin Chandler.
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