Top 2025 basketball recruit cuts list down to 7

The UNC basketball program made the cut for the top overall recruit in the 2025 class.

The No. 1 ranked player in the nation coming out of the basketball recruiting class of 2025 has announced his final seven teams in his decision and the North Carolina Tar Heels are one of those teams.

AJ Dybantsa is a 6-foot-9 small forward who will play this season at Utah Prep in Hurricane, Utah, after playing for Prolific Prep in California last year. North Carolina was among 30+ teams to offer Dybantsa a scholarship and has made it to the final listing. The official offer from Hubert Davis and company came back in October of 2023.

In addition to UNC, Dybantsa has also included Baylor, Alabama, BYU, Auburn, Kansas State, and Kansas.

Adam Finkelstein of 247Sports had this to say about Dybantsa projecting him to be a future top pick:

“Dybantsa possesses a lethal pull-up game with a high release and a smooth ball rotation. He was the leading scorer in the 2023 Peach Jam as an underclassman and shows flashes of untapped potential on defense thanks to his size and movement skills.”

Dybantsa was the former Gatorade Player of the Year in Massachusetts after averaging 19.1 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 2.6 blocks per game for St. Sebastian’s school as a freshman.

A visit from the five-star to Chapel Hill is highly likely in the future now with the acknowledgment of his desire.

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