Sports Illustrated has UCLA senior guard Donovan Dent ranked among the top 15 point guards in the men’s college basketball before the upcoming 2025-2026 season.
Dent played three years with the New Mexico Lobos before transferring to the Bruins for the upcoming season. Now, Kevin Sweeney of Sports Illustrated had Dent listed as the fourth best point guard in their list of the top 15 points guards in men’s collegiate basketball. Here is more of what Sweeney wrote about Dent:
“There may not be a more electrifying player with the ball in his hands in college hoops than Dent, an absolute jet in the open floor who makes the jump to UCLA after taking New Mexico to the NCAA tournament in 2024 and ’25,” Sweeney wrote. “It will be fascinating to see him in a new system, one that likely won’t allow him to play quite as up and down of a style as the one he played at New Mexico. How UCLA coach Mick Cronin balances giving Dent the freedom to make mistakes with wanting to retain his traditional half-court offensive principles will be fascinating to watch.”
The six-foot-two guard was a star with the Lobos. but now that he’s made the jump to the Big Ten with UCLA, it will indeed be interesting to see him in Cronin’s system. According to UCLA, Dent averaged 13.5 points, 2.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists, as well as, shooting 50.3 percent from three in his three seasons with the Lobos.
The Riverside native has already been acknowledged as one of the best as he was selected to the preseason All-Big Ten Men’s Basketball Team, according to a press release from UCLA.
Dent will have a chance to show his talents in one month, when the new season begins.
This article originally appeared on UCLA Wire: Sports Illustrated ranks new UCLA point guard among the best
Reporting by Ryan Lorenz, UCLA Wire / UCLA Wire
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