AJ Dybantsa, the No. 1 general in recruit in highschool basketball, has scheduled fall official visits to 6 applications, his father confirmed to 247Sports.
A 6-foot-9 scoring wing out of Brockton (Mass.), Dybantsa reduce his listing all the way down to a high seven that features Alabama, Auburn, Baylor, Brigham Younger, Kansas, Kansas State, and North Carolina.
Dybantsa already accomplished an official go to to Auburn initially of March. He now could be scheduled to go to Kansas State (Aug. 30), Kansas (Sept. 6), North Carolina (Sept. 20), Alabama (Sept. 27), Baylor (Oct. 4), and BYU (Oct. 11).
A particular prospect who has great measurement, athleticism and scoring potential, Dybantsa is coming off an epic summer time. He was a significant piece of USA Basketball’s dominant gold medal run by the FIBA U17 World Cup after which helped lead his summer time staff the Oakland Troopers all the way in which to the finals of Nike’s Peach Jam.
Probably the No. 1 choose within the 2026 NBA Draft, Dybantsa has definitely caught the eye of 247Sports Director of Scouting Adam Finkelstein, who wrote this scouting report throughout the summer time:
“A 6-foot-9 jumbo wing with a wingspan exceeding 7 ft, an rising 200-plus-pound body and a sophisticated understanding of learn how to rating from his spots (even in a half-court recreation), AJ Dybantsa is the perfect prospect in highschool basketball.
“Dybantsa possesses a deadly pull-up recreation with a excessive launch and a easy ball rotation. He is been a celebrated prospect since earlier than he entered highschool. But he has averted the pitfalls of early stardom by constantly bettering his recreation at every degree. He was the main scorer within the 2023 Peach Jam as an underclassman and reveals flashes of untapped potential on protection due to his measurement and motion abilities.
“The underside line is that this: Dybantsa controls his personal future. If he continues on his present path, then there isn’t any one in highschool basketball with extra potential than him.”
Earlier this summer time, Dybantsa recapped his visits to BYU and Auburn with 247Sports analyst Dushawn London.
“My BYU unofficial was good,” Dybantsa mentioned. “I used to be already in Utah, so I’d as nicely take that go to because it’s proper up the road. On the go to, coach Kevin Younger went by a quick imaginative and prescient of what he sees me as. He advised me about his NBA background and a number of the guys that he is coached and thinks I play much like. He mentioned if I had been to go on an official, he’ll go deeper into context.”
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Through the Auburn journey, Bruce Pearl targeted on Dybantsa’s potential position.
“Bruce was primarily telling me that I would play a Jabari Smith or Isaac Okoro position,” he recalled. “I would play the wing or two position in faculty and that is what they did, in order that’s a very good comparability.”
In June, Dybantsa defined what he’s searching for in a coach and a program:
“Clearly, I need a coach that is going to pursue onerous,” he mentioned. “My pillars are family-oriented, improvement, and a power program that’ll assist me get to the league for the 9 months I will be there. I additionally wish to be a part of a profitable group. I wish to go someplace to win a nationwide championship, so I do not wish to go and lose.”
(247Sports’ Eric Bossi and Dushawn London contributed to this report)
