Overview
- Koa Peat informed teams that he will remain in the 2026 NBA Draft, a decision confirmed Thursday by multiple outlets and reporters.
- Peat’s stock slipped after the NBA Draft Combine when he shot 6-of-25 in the spot-up drill and 7-of-25 in the three-point star drill, raising questions about his jumper and outside shot.
- Arizona now loses a 14.1-point freshman starter and has open roster spots to fill, with reporting naming ex–Iowa State sharpshooter Milan Momcilovic as a leading transfer-portal target for the Wildcats.
- Several other major college outcomes were resolved at the NCAA withdrawal deadline: Tyler Tanner withdrew and will return to Vanderbilt, and Jeremy Fears Jr. will return to Michigan State.
- The 2026 early-entry class was unusually small, with 71 entrants, a decline traced in part to lucrative NIL opportunities that encouraged many prospects to return to school and reshaped both roster planning and draft depth.