#106 UC Irvine Men's Basketball 2025-2026 Preview

 
 
UC Irvine Anteaters
 
2025-2026 Overall Rank: #106
 
Conference Rank: #2 Big West
 
 
2024-25 Record: 32-7, 17-3
2024-25 Postseason: NIT
Coach: Russell Turner
Coach Record: 321-187 at UC Irvine, 321-187 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
Bent Leuchten, Center, 15.4 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1.3 bpg
Devin Tillis, Forward, 13.7 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 2.4 apg
Justin Hohn, Guard, 12.2 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 3.8 apg
Myles Che, Guard, 12.1 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 2.8 apg
Ofure Ujadughele, Guard, 1.1 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.4 apg
 
Key Returning Players:
Jurian Dixon, Sophomore, Guard, 8.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 1.7 apg
Kyle Evans, Senior, Forward, 4.4 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.2 bpg
Torian Lee, Sophomore, Guard, 4.1 ppg, 1.1 rpg
Ben Ego, Sophomore, Guard, 1.0 ppg
Derin Saran, DNP last season
 
Key New Players:
Harrison Carrington, Junior, Forward, Transfer from Colorado
Tamatoa Isaac, Freshman, Guard
Jovan Jester Jr., Freshman, Guard
Nes Emeneke, Freshman, Forward
Bryce Goldman, Freshman, Guard
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: CBC/CBI
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 75.9 (117th in nation, 4th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 67.0 (42, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 45.4 (134, 5)
Field-Goal Defense: 39.3 (10, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.1 (241, 5)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.5 (87, 5)
Free-Throw Percentage: 79.4 (5, 1)
Rebound Margin: 3.8 (69, 4)
Assists Per Game: 15.7 (53, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.7 (270, 5)