We aren’t ready to tell you exactly which team is going to be cutting down the nets on the first Monday of April, 2026. We are ready to tell you that it will absolutely be one of the eight teams listed below.
1. Houston
The Cougars came within one made shot (and one avoided late-game collapse) of winning the program’s first national title last season. Despite that heartbreak, they aren’t going anywhere in 2025-26.
Kelvin Sampson brings back three starters from that squad — Emanuel Sharp, Milos Uzan and Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year Joseph Tugler — and has a loaded incoming recruiting class highlighted by five-star freshman Chris Cenac
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