Pitt men’s basketball’s 2025 roster is more or less filled. With 12 players officially on the roster for the 2025-26 season, Jeff Capel’s club has turned an eye further toward the future. Six rising high school seniors added scholarship offers from Capel and the Pitt coaching staff during the final two weeks of May.
It was enough work for one offseason to get Pitt’s roster ready for the 2025-26 season — and even then, Pitt has some finishing touches to apply — so the 2026 recruiting class is barren for now. But the Panthers are laying the groundwork for their next class. Here’s a rundown of who was added to the coaching staff’s recruiting board in recent weeks:
Ethan Mgbako — Somerset, N.J.
Mgbako’s recruitment picked up steam dramatically beginning almost a year ago to the date. Wes