By ADAM ZAGORIA & SAM LANCE
AJ Dybantsa, the No. 1 prospect in the Class of 2025 and the projected No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, visited Kansas State this weekend and received a warm reception at the football game.
Kansas State ended up crushing Tennessee-Martin 41-6.
The 6-foot-9 Dybantsa from Utah Prep and his parents posed for photos with head men’s basketball coach Jerome Tang at the game.
“It was a great visit. Love the family atmosphere,” Ace Dybantsa, who wore a purple Wu-Tang shirt on the visit, told ZAGSBLOG by text.
“First off I like the name,” Ace previously told ZAGSBLOG. “I’m a big Wu-Tang fan. He just told me A.J. is going to play freely and have a good team around him. And I kind of like what he was saying. So we’re going to give them a look.”
Dybantsa will officially visit Kansas (Sept. 6-8), North Carolina (Sept. 20-22), Alabama (Sept. 27-29), Baylor (Oct. 4-6) and BYU (Oct. 11-13). Dybantsa has already visited BYU unofficially and Auburn officially this past March. A.J. will make his final decision sometime in February. A specific date has not been set yet. Most recently, the Dybantsas traveled to Shanghai with Utah Prep. They played in the Future Stars Championship hosted by the Shanghai Sharks. In addition to Utah Prep there was a team from Canada, Australia, Serbia and Japan, as well as three Chinese teams in the Sharks, the Chinese national team and another local Chinese team. Utah Prep won the tournament and Dybantsa was named MVP. Follow Sam Lance on Twitter Follow Adam Zagoria on Twitter Follow ZAGSBLOGHoops on Instagram And Like ZAGS on FacebookAJ Dybantsa @ADybantsa , the No. 1 prospect in 2025, was a huge hit at the football game on his visit to @KStateMBB
— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) September 1, 2024
Video via his dad pic.twitter.com/qnVJP1QIRM
