"Darryn is so polished bro": Hoops fans predict a winner among AJ Dybantsa, Cameron Boozer and Darryn Peterson to have a standout freshman season

The top three recruits in the Class of 2025, AJ Dybantsa, Cameron Boozer and Darryn Peterson, are set to start their collegiate careers. Dybantsa is headed to BYU, Boozer will play for Duke with his twin brother, Cayden, and Peterson has signed with Kansas.

As the players prepare to begin college, hoops fans are wondering who among the three will have the best freshman year. One basketball page on Instagram shared a picture of the trio on Wednesday, asking the same question.

Fans flooded the comment section, with some preferring Peterson over AJ Dybantsa and Cameron Boozer.

"Darryn is so polished bro," a fan commented.

"I think Darryn better than the other 2!!" another fan voted.

"Darren might because that system is already set over there," a fan said.

Hoops fans choose between 5-star recruits AJ Dybantsa, Cameron Boozer, and Darryn Peterson to have a standout college freshman season

There were some who had mixed opinions on the debate.

"All 3 are gonna be great in college and beyond, reminds me of 2021 draft with 3 really great prospects at the top, but I’m a lot more confident in this top 3 than that one as well." A fan wrote.

"sheeeesh, this question is as hard as choosing bw lebron and jordan lol. but fr tho, dybantsa is no. 1 for a reason but it's gonna be extremely hard to choose bw the 3. I'm placing my bets on dybantsa tho, i dont think Boozer's gonna have as big an impact in duke and it's gonna be bw dybantsa and Darryn imo," a fan commented.

"Leek and Acuff will be the best backcourt in the NATION next yr!!!" a fan chimed in.

AJ Dybantsa, Cameron Boozer, Darryn Peterson stats for Team USA

Both Cameron Boozer and Darryn Peterson represented Team USA in the FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship in Mexico. Boozer averaged 16.8 points, 9.8 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 1.2 assists per game, while Peterson posted 16.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 3.3 steals in under 18 minutes per game.

Dybantsa represented Team USA in the U17 Basketball World Cup in Turkey, where he averaged 14.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and 4.1 assists per contest.

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Pranav Khatri is a high school sports journalist at Sportskeeda with a Master's in Sports Management and five years of experience in the field working with InsideSport, EssentiallySports, TwelfthManTimes, SportSavour, GeeksforGeeks.

Pranav is a football and basketball fan, and played both in college. He got into basketball and became a Dallas Mavericks fan due to Dirk Nowitzki's loyalty. His favorite NBA moment was Dallas defeating winning the championship, and their journey to the finals through the Lakers and OKC.

When not watching or writing about sports, Pranav runs a fashion jewelry business.

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