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3 Arizona Players Named On ESPN Top 50 2025-26 Impact Newcomers

Five-star Arizona freshmen Brayden Burries were named among the top 50 transfers and freshmen who are impact newcomers in 2025-26 and their classmate Ivan Kharchenkov earned honorable mention in the list published by ESPN on Monday.

Dwayne Aristode, Burries, Kharchenkov and Peat were part of the 2025 Arizona class that finished second nationally to Duke in the 247Sports rankings. Arizona signed the fourth-best class in the ESPN rankings, but that did not include Kharchenkov, who committed to the Wildcats in June.

Arizona went heavy on freshmen additions to the 2025-26 roster with seven signees.