After months without new additions to the roster, Kevin Young and the BYU basketball program added Lithuanian combo guard Dovydas Buika on Wednesday. With Buika on board, BYU still has multiple roster spots to fill for the 2026-2027 season.In this article, we will get an updated look at next year's BYU basketball roster.Departing PlayersBetween graduation, the NBA Draft, and the transfer portal, BYU will be replacing 12 out of the 17 players on last year's roster. Seven BYU players entered the transfer portal and all seven have found new homes. Three out of seven landed at high-major programs. Most notably, BYU will have to replace two NBA Draft selections in AJ Dybantsa and Richie Saunders.Mihailo Boskovic - Eligibility expiredKeba Keita - Eligibility expiredRichie Saunders - NBA DraftAJ Dybantsa - NBA DraftJared McGregor - Eligibility expiredTyler Mrus - Transfer Portal (The Citadel)Aleksej Kostic - Transfer Portal (Northwestern)Dominique Diomande - Transfer Portal (Pitt)Kennard Davis Jr. - Transfer Portal (Missouri)Xavion Staton - Transfer Portal (Oregon State)Abdullah Ahmed - Transfer Portal (UMass)KJ Perry - Transfer Portal (Fresno State)Returning PlayersBYU will only return five scholarship players from a season ago, and three out of those five missed the majority of the season due to injury. Dawson Baker tore his ACL during the non-conference, and Brody Kozlowski and Nate Pickens never played.The most important transer addition of the offseason was retaining Robert Wright III. Wright III entered the transfer portal and took a visit to Kentucky before withdrawing and returning to BYU.Robert Wright IIIBrody KozlowskiKhadim MboupNate PickensDawson BakerIncoming PlayersSo far, BYU has added seven scholarship players to the 2026-27 roster. Three from the transfer portal, two from the high school ranks, one returned missionary, and one ineternational prospect.Collin Chandler - Kentucky transferTyler Betsey - Syracuse transferJake Wahlin - Clemson transferBruce Branch III - High school signeeDean Rueckert - High school signeeBrooks Bahr - Returned missionaryDovydas Buika - International signeeAdam Stewart - Walk-onBruce Branch III will get a lot of attention as the latest five-star freshman to join the program. Branch III has a very high ceiling, but he is not ready to score at the level that AJ Dybantsa did at BYU.Remaining Spots to FillThe Cougars still have three two or three scholarship spots to fill. Two of those spots need to go to centers. After months of searching, the Cougars still haven't found their starting center for next season. They are also in need of a backup. The BYU coaching staff has been recruiting the international ranks to find its next starting center. That's partially why it has taken so long, as BYU is waiting to sort out enrollment complications.According to Kevin Young, the Cougars have been in "lockstep" with one center in particular.Sign up to our free newsletter and follow us on X and Facebook for the latest news.Add us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow