Official 2026 Panther Basketball Recruit List

[Wxcpanther]

I don't think so. I think it's a kid a little closer to home. Up north perhaps...

Nolen Anderson?

[CyCarp]

[kochrab]

This is amazing

[Panther AC]

???????????

[Fran McCrabby]

So who is it? Nolan Anderson is going to Minnesota.

[Blue42]

Zavier Zens is the man of the hour

https://x.com/Zavier44/status/1951041180088803596?t=lWFnAb6XkoFZbLLgwSIf_w&s=19

[Wxcpanther]

Chose UNI over offers from Drake, Bradley, Illinois State, Miami (OH), Wyoming, and Colorado State. Feels like a pretty massive get!

[UNIChippewa]

Zavier Zens is an all-timer on the great names team.

[PantherAlum09]

Sorry for the delay. Zens is a big get. Very talented kid who is anywhere around 6'7"-6'8" and can really score. I attached a highlight video below and you can get a good sense for his game. On top of the offers he had already received, Wisconsin, Iowa, and others were also keeping an eye on him going into his senior season.

http://www.hudl.com/v/2RugHy

[CyCarp]

Sorry for the delay. Zens is a big get. Very talented kid who is anywhere around 6'7"-6'8" and can really score. I attached a highlight video below and you can get a good sense for his game. On top of the offers he had already received, Wisconsin, Iowa, and others were also keeping an eye on him going into his senior season.

http://www.hudl.com/v/2RugHy

A short write up from a Wisconsin writer...

https://badgerswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/badgers/mens-basketball/2025/08/01/wisconsin-basketball-zavier-zens-northern-iowa/85471875007/

[PantherAlum09]

I also really enjoy this video from the state tournament. You will hear some familiar names. Knueppel is the younger brother of Kon who just was at Duke and was a top 10 pick in the draft. Zens also makes a play against Momcilovic who is the younger brother of Milan from Iowa State. You can really tell from the video that Zens and Knueppel are the focal points of the team.

https://www.hudl.com/video/3/18847916/661d8bb6b17104e20669a08a

[orangetennis]

Zens is Knueppel's cousin. Cool connection. Good get for us!

[BobCat]

Such a cool post by Coach G

[PantherAlum09]

Landon Davis has committed to Illinois. Very interested to see how he develops. I see a ton of potential in him.

[PantherAlum09]

As of now, we have 6 open offers that we are aware of. We have a handful of offers out to ball handling guards and I really like all of them. Kingston Whitty is probably my favorite of the group but Julian Washington is a stud as well. Eli Sancomb is a big ball handling guard and appears to be a great distributor. We also have offers out to Joe Sterling who is a lethal shooter and Denton Forsythe feels like a UNI kid even if he is all the way in Oklahoma. He's a gritty tough defensive kid.

William Gerdes is the interesting one to me. He had a couple bigger offers early with Iowa and Nebraska, but has since not gotten much traction. I do think that Cedar Falls's system is not ideal for blowing up the recruiting scene which makes it all the more important to really tear up AAU ball. He's the biggest kid we have an offer out to, though. His most recent offer is Youngstown St. It feels a bit like Cade Coubat's recruiting path and I'm curious if Nebraska's offer is still active. Iowa's isn't because it was made when Fran was there.

It's a very interesting group, and this is the first time I can remember where almost all of the recruits that have gone elsewhere have ended up at high majors.