By ADAM ZAGORIA
Arizona center Mo Krivas will return for the 2026-27 season, he announced Saturday.
The 7-foot-2 Lithuanian big man averaged 10.4 points and 8.2 rebounds as a junior for a team that was ranked No. 1 in the nation and lost to Michigan in the Final Four. He was a projected late first-round NBA Draft pick.
ESPN’s Fran Fraschilla wrote on X/Twitter: “Why is Mo Krivas heading back to @ArizonaMBB? He loves the school, just played his first full season, mom’s a physician and it’s academically-oriented family. He becomes a focal point of the Wildcats’ offense & he’ll be shooting more threes next season. @Big12Conference“
Mo Krivas gets emotional discussing Arizona's Final Four loss. pic.twitter.com/GIWE1eUIrQ
— PHNX Wildcats (@PHNX_Wildcats) April 5, 2026
Tommy Lloyd’s team is also adding Washington transfer point guard JJ Mandaquit and North Carolina transfer guard Derek Dixon.
The Wildcats are also bringing in five-star shooting guard Caleb Holt and four-star shooting guard Cameron Holmes.
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