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After winning NIT, the Mocs have rebuilt their roster for next season

Contributed photo / Brennan Watkins, left, a former North Dakota State guard, recently committed to the UTC basketball program and is among six transfers set to join the Mocs for the 2025-26 season.
Contributed photo / Brennan Watkins, left, a former North Dakota State guard, recently committed to the UTC basketball program and is among six transfers set to join the Mocs for the 2025-26 season. Contributed photo / Brennan Watkins, left, a former North Dakota State guard, recently committed to the UTC basketball program and is among six transfers set to join the Mocs for the 2025-26 season.

Less than six weeks since winning the National Invitation Tournament for the first time in program history, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men’s basketball team has a rebuilt roster in place.

That NIT title was preceded by a Southern Conference regular-season championship, but many of the players who made coach Dan Earl’s third season in charge of the Mocs such a success won’t be back for his fourth campaign in Chattanooga. In a transfer-heavy era of immediate eligibility and with the lure of NIL deals also playing part, the annual reset has become part of college athletics, and it’s no different at UTC.

Here’s a player-by-player breakdown of the roster turnover and what the 2025-26 Mocs will look like.

Staff file photo by Matt Hamilton / Bash Wieland (22) and Trey Bonham (2) are two of the five players the UTC men's basketball program lost to graduation after an NIT championship run this past season, with three other players choosing to enter the transfer portal.
Staff file photo by Matt Hamilton / Bash Wieland (22) and Trey Bonham (2) are two of the five players the UTC men’s basketball program lost to graduation after an NIT championship run this past season, with three other players choosing to enter the transfer portal.

THEY’RE GONE (8)

Graduated (5)