AJ Dybantsa, the No. 1 overall in recruit in high school basketball, has scheduled fall official visits to six programs, his father confirmed to 247Sports.
A 6-foot-9 scoring wing out of Brockton (Mass.), Dybantsa cut his list down to a top seven that includes Alabama, Auburn, Baylor, Brigham Young, Kansas, Kansas State, and North Carolina.
Dybantsa already completed an official visit to Auburn at the beginning of March. He now is scheduled to visit Kansas State (Aug. 30), Kansas (Sept. 6), North Carolina (Sept. 20), Alabama (Sept. 27), Baylor (Oct. 4), and BYU (Oct. 11).
A special prospect who has tremendous size, athleticism and scoring ability, Dybantsa is coming off an epic summer. He was a major piece of USA Basketball’s dominant gold medal run through the FIBA U17 World Cup and then helped lead his summer team the Oakland Soldiers all the way to the finals of Nike’s Peach Jam.
Potentially the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, Dybantsa has certainly caught the attention of 247Sports Director of Scouting Adam Finkelstein, who wrote this scouting report during the summer:
“A 6-foot-9 jumbo wing with a wingspan exceeding 7 feet, an emerging 200-plus-pound frame and an advanced understanding of how to score from his spots (even in a half-court game), AJ Dybantsa is the best prospect in high school basketball.
“Dybantsa possesses a lethal pull-up game with a high release and a smooth ball rotation. He’s been a celebrated prospect since before he entered high school. Yet he has avoided the pitfalls of early stardom by consistently improving his game at each level. He was the leading scorer in the 2023 Peach Jam as an underclassman and shows flashes of untapped potential on defense thanks to his size and movement skills.
“The bottom line is this: Dybantsa controls his own future. If he continues on his current path, then there’s no one in high school basketball with more potential than him.”
Earlier this summer, Dybantsa recapped his visits to BYU and Auburn with 247Sports analyst Dushawn London.
“My BYU unofficial was good,” Dybantsa said. “I was already in Utah, so I might as well take that visit since it’s right up the street. On the visit, coach Kevin Young went through a brief vision of what he sees me as. He told me about his NBA background and some of the guys that he’s coached and thinks I play similar to. He said if I were to go on an official, he’ll go deeper into context.”
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During the Auburn trip, Bruce Pearl focused on Dybantsa’s potential role.
“Bruce was essentially telling me that I’d play a Jabari Smith or Isaac Okoro role,” he recalled. “I’d play the wing or two role in college and that’s what they did, so that’s a good comparison.”
In June, Dybantsa explained what he is looking for in a coach and a program:
“Obviously, I want a coach that’s going to pursue hard,” he said. “My pillars are family-oriented, development, and a strength program that’ll help me get to the league for the nine months I’ll be there. I also want to join a winning organization. I want to go somewhere to win a national championship, so I don’t want to go and lose.”
(247Sports’ Eric Bossi and Dushawn London contributed to this report)