10 players ready for a BREAKOUT season in 2026-27

Adam Finkelstein and Isaac Trotter draft 10 potential breakout candidates for the 2026-27 college basketball season. Which player that averaged less than 10 points per game last year is poised to be a star?

0:00 Intro + let’s talk breakout players!
1:00 Defining breakout players
1:45 Trey McKenney - is this an all-American this season?
6:30 Dame Sarr - will the offensive growth come along?
10:55 Jaylen Petty - From Texas Tech to UCLA … here’s why he’s a breakout candidate
15:00 Malachi Moreno - Kentucky is in flux, but it might be good for this guy
19:10 Najai Hines - “this is a layup”
22:55 Matt Able - from Raleigh to Chapel Hill
27:35 Chance Mallory - this is the guy this year in Charlottesville
31:25 Jaden Toombs - will the starting center at SMU take a big jump?
34:20 Darrren Harris - a guy who got stuck behind a lot of Duke guards
39:00 Davis Folge - maybe *the* breakout player?
42:55 Honorable Mentions

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