Get to know the 2025-26 Arizona men's basketball team

JADEN BRADLEY | 0

Class: Senior

From: Rochester, N.Y.

Previous team: Alabama

Size: 6-3, 200 pounds

Probable role: Starting point guard

Age: 22

Major: Interdisciplinary studies

Follow him here: @JBsmoovve (X), jbsmoovve (Instagram)

Also true: Chose Alabama over Arizona in September 2021, but after playing a season for the Crimson Tide, is now entering his third season for the Wildcats.

DWAYNE ARISTODE | 2

Class: Freshman

From: Lelystad, Netherlands

Previous team: Brewster Academy (Wolfeboro, N.H.)

Size: 6-8, 220

Probable role: Reserve forward

Age: 19

Major: Business management

Follow him here: @dwaynearistode2 (X), dwaynearistode (Instagram)

Also true: Father played for Montana State and the Ivory Coast national team.

ANTHONY DELL’ORSO | 3

Class: Senior

From: Melbourne, Australia

Previous team: Campbell

Size: 6-6, 205

Probable role: Starting wing

Age: 22

Major: Interdisciplinary studies

Follow him here: Not on X, antho2003 (Instagram)

Also true: Preferred to play Australian rules football and cricket over basketball until his mid-teens.

BRAYDEN BURRIES | 5

Class: Freshman

From: San Bernardino, Calif.

Previous team: Eleanor Roosevelt HS (Eastvale, Calif.)

Size: 6-4, 205

Probable role: Starting guard

Age: 20

Major: Undecided

Follow him here: @braydenburries (X), braydenburries0 (Instagram)

Also true: Played club basketball with former UA forward Carter Bryant from ages 9-15.

BRYCE JAMES | 6

Class: Freshman

From: Akron, Ohio

Previous team: Sierra Canyon School (Chatsworth, Calif.)

Size: 6-2, 200

Probable role: Reserve guard

Age: 18

Major: Undecided

Follow him here: Not public on X, _justbryce (Instagram)

Also true: Signed at age 15 for representation with Klutch Sports, which also has clients in Koa Peat and Brayden Burries.

JACKSON FRANCOIS | 7

Class: Senior

From: Las Vegas

Last team: Missouri

Size: 6-5, 160

Probable role: Walk-on guard

Age: 22

Major: Applied humanities 

Follow him here: @jacksonfrancoi3 (X), jacksonfrancoiss (Instagram)

Also true: Head basketball coach at Southgate Academy

IVAN KHARCHENKOV | 8

Class: Freshman

From: Munich, Germany

Previous team: Bayern Munich

Size: 6-7, 220

Probable role: Key reserve forward

Age: 19

Major: History

Follow him here: Not on X, ik__10__ (Instagram)

Also true: Father played for the Soviet Union basketball team that won the 1974 FIBA World Cup.

KOA PEAT | 10

Class: Freshman

From: Chandler

Previous team: Perry HS, Gilbert

Size: 6-8, 235

Probable role: Starting power forward

Age: 18

Major: Undecided

Follow him here: @kpeat10 (X), koapeat (Instagram)

Also true: Won four gold medals from playing for USA in FIBA events, and four straight Arizona state championships while playing for Gilbert Perry.

JACKSON COOK | 11

Class: Sophomore

From: Oxford, England

Previous team: Montverde Academy

Size: 6-3, 185

Probable role: Walk-on guard

Age: 23

Major: Business management

Follow him here: jacksonn.cook (Instagram)

Also true: Played with Oregon junior Kwame Evans and No. 1 NBA pick Cooper Flagg at Montverde.

MOTIEJUS KRIVAS | 13

Class: Freshman

From: Siauliai, Lithuania

Previous team: Zalgiris 2

Size: 7-2, 260

Probable role: Reserve or starting center

Age: 20

Major: Applied humanities 

Follow him here: not on X, mkrivas14 (Instagram)

Also true: Played for the same Lithuanian club program as former UA guard Kerr Kriisa, who is scheduled to visit McKale with Cincinnati this season.

SIDI GUEYE | 15

Class: Freshman

From: Guediawaye, Senegal

Previous team: Real Madrid

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Size: 6-11, 215

Probable role: Reserve forward

Age: 18

Major: Undecided

Follow him here: Not active on X, sidi_gueye_15 (Instagram)

Also true: Speaks four languages — English, French, Spanish and a native Senegalese language.

MABIL MAWUT | 20 

Class: Freshman

From: Bor Town, South Sudan

Previous team: Our Savior Lutheran HS, Bronx, NY

Size: 6-7, 225

Probable role: Reserve forward

Age: 19

Major: Undecided

Follow him here: @_mabil1 (X), _mabil (Instagram)

Also true: Born Mabilmawut Kon Mabil in Kenya, he’s also lived in Uganda, Senegal, South Sudan and New York.

EVAN NELSON | 21

Class: Senior

From: Tucson

Previous team: Harvard

Size: 6-2, 175

Probable role: Backup point guard

Age: 24

Major: Master's program in Sport and Recreational Leadership (already graduated with undergraduate sociology degree from Harvard)

Follow him here: Not on X, ezdoesit_24 (Instagram)

Also true: Regular enrollee at Arizona basketball youth camps in the Sean Miller era who helped Salpointe Catholic win the Arizona 4A title in 2020.

ADDISON ARNOLD | 22

Class: Sophomore

From: Simi Valley, Calif.

Previous team: Royal HS

Size: 6-3, 185

Probable role: Walk-on guard

Age: 23

Major: Business management 

Follow him here: Not on X, addisonarnold_ (Instagram)

Also true: After returning from a two-year Latter-day Saints mission in Argentina before this season, dunked a football over former NFL star Rob Gronkowski at the Red-Blue Showcase.

TOBE AWAKA | 30

Class: Senior

From: Hyde Park, N.Y.

Previous team: Tennessee

Size: 6-8, 255

Probable role: Starting or key reserve post player

Age: 21

Major: Business administration 

Follow him here: Not on X, t0b3awaka._ (Instagram)

Also true: Called the “SEC’s Most Intriguing Man” by Rocky Top Insider while at Tennessee, he’s a voracious reader of Russian classics, books about psychology and philosophy and other topics.

SVEN DJOPMO | 42

Class: Sophomore

From: Reims, France

Previous team: Espoir U21 Nanterre 92

Size: 6-2, 190

Probable role: Walk-on guard

Age: 21

Major: Business economics 

Follow him here: Not on X, sveniix86 (Instagram)

Also true: Enrolled in Arizona’s Eller College of Management

TOMMY LLOYD

Head coach

Age: 50

From: Kelso, Washington

Previous team: Gonzaga (assistant coach)

College: Whitman, ’98

Follow him here: Not on X nor Instagram

Also true: Known as “Tomm-E” when performing DJ duties on stage.

JACK MURPHY

Associate head coach

Age: 46

From: Las Vegas

Previous team: NAU (head coach)

College: Arizona, ’02

Follow him here: Not active on X nor Instagram

Also true: Has longest tenure of current staffers in UA program, having worked under Lute Olson, Sean Miller and Lloyd.

TJ BENSON

Assistant coach

Age: 39

From: Tempe

Previous team: Gonzaga (coordinator of basketball administration)

College: Weber State, ‘09

Follow him here: @tjbenson1 (X), tjbenson1 (Instagram)

Also true: Played for Mesa Community College, Weber State and GCU as a collegian and spent a season professionally playing in Brazil.

BRANDON CHAPPELL

Assistant coach

Age: 42

From: Beaumont, Texas

Previous team: Texas (assistant coach)

College: Lamar, ‘06

Follow him here: @Bzochappell (X), not on Instagram

Also true: Earned a master’s degree at NAU in Educational Leadership while serving as a graduate assistant under then-head coach Jack Murphy.

KEN NAKAGAWA

Assistant coach

Age: 33

From: Los Angeles

Previous team: Gonzaga (video coordinator)

College: Long Beach State, ‘16

Follow him here: @nakagawak92 (X), private on Instagram

Also true: Has worked for Japanese Basketball Association and Ugandan senior national team.

EVAN MANNING

Assistant coach

Age: 32

From: Lawrence, Kansas

Previous team: Army (assistant coach)

College: Kansas, ‘16

Follow him here: Not on X, evan5manning (Instagram)

Also true: The son of Kansas legend (and current Colorado assistant coach) Danny Manning, was a walk-on player for the Jayhawks who has been on staffs at Wake Forest, Gonzaga and Army.