Yesterday, the official roster for the 2025-26 season dropped for Texas men’s basketball, outlining the players fans will see take the floor on November 4 against Duke in Charlotte to start off the non-conference slate.
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There are eight players likely to be in the rotation for the season’s start. They are as follows.
The other players that could be featured are three underclassmen bigs.
Outside of these players, the rest of the roster looks like this.
Texas brought in the highest-rated transfer class in the nation according to the On3 Index, which measures input versus output as far as portal players go. Here are some of the Longhorn transfers’ rankings according to On3.
Keep in mind there were over 1,200 transfers alone last season on the ranking list.
Dailyn Swain, Xavier | no. 38 national, no. 6 SF | ★★★★
Matas Vokietaitis, Florida Atlantic | no. 88 national, no. 10 C | ★★★★
Simeon Wilcher, St. John’s | no. 125 national, no. 29 SG | ★★★★
Lassina Traore, Xavier | no. 163 national, no. 37 PF | ★★★★
Camden Heide, Purdue | no. 206 national, no. 37 SF | ★★★★
Amongst the freshman ranks, the players rank as follows.
Declan Duru, PF, Real Madrid | no. 90 national, no. 19 PF | ★★★★
John Clark, PF, Link Academy | no. 63 national, no. 11 PF | ★★★★
All things considered, including players Texas lost to the portal, this is an incredibly impressive haul for Sean Miller and company in his first year with the program. To bring back Tramon Mark, Chendall Weaver, Jordan Pope, and Nic Codie, as well as bring add this crop of players lends credence to the theory that Miller is a true program builder that can raise the floor. Hopefully, he is able to raise the ceiling as well as time passes.
A few things to note about the roster
Dailyn Swain has legitimate NBA size as a combo…
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