The 2025–26 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars were led by second-year head coach Kevin Young and play their home games at Marriott Center in Provo, Utah as third-year members of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season The Cougars finished the 2024–25 season 26–10, 14–6 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 4 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they defeated Iowa State in the Quarterfinals before losing to Houston in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 6 seed in the East region. The Cougars defeated VCU in the first round, 80−71. In the second round they defeated Wisconsin, 91−89. BYU lost in the sweet sixteen to Alabama, 113−88.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Egor Dëmin 3 PG 6'8" 200 Fr. Moscow, Russia Drafted by the Brooklyn Nets Kanon Catchings 6 SF 6'9" 200 Fr. Indianapolis, IN Transferred to Georgia Elijah Crawford 2 G 6'2" 185 Fr. Augusta, GA Transferred to UIC Dallin Hall 30 G 6'4" 200 Jr. Plain City, UT Transferred to Virginia Max Triplett 20 F 6'9" 210 Jr. Huntsville, UT Transferred to Cal Poly Trevin Knell 21 G 6'5" 190 Gr. Woods Cross, UT Out of eligibility Mawot Mag 0 F 6'7" 215 Gr. Melbourne, Australia Out of eligibility Trey Stewart 1 G 6'2" 190 Sr. American Fork, UT Out of eligibility Fousseyni Traore 45 F 6'6" 245 Sr. Bamako, Mali Out of eligibility Townsend Tripple 20 F 6'8" 200 So. Meridian, ID Transferred

Incoming transfers Name Pos. Number Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Kennard Davis Jr. SF 30 6'5" 185 Jr. Saint Louis, MO Southern Illinois Dominique Diomande SF 24 6'7" 190 RS-Fr. Paris, France Washington Tyler Mrus SF 2 6'7" 205 Jr. Bothell, WA Idaho KJ Perry G 6'3" 180 So. Southfield, MI Citrus College Nate Pickens G 12 6'3" 175 Jr. El Mirage, AZ UC Riverside Robert Wright III PG 1 6'1" 180 Fr. Philadelphia, PA Baylor

Recruiting classes 2025 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Source

Rankings

Awards Three BYU players received All-Big 12 awards for the season. AJ Dybantsa was named to the All-Big 12 First Team and recognized as the conference's Freshman of the Year, while Richie Saunders and Rob Wright were named to the Second and Third Teams, respectively. Dybantsa was also named a consensus All-American.

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