After a three-year run in Albuquerque where he spearheaded the New Mexico Lobos’ consecutive trips to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, the time has come for guard Donovan Dent to move on, which got us at BetCalifornia.com thinking about where the Centennial High School star will go next.
Team | Percentage Chance | Odds |
Villanova Wildcats | 17.4% | +475 |
Texas Tech Red Raiders | 14.3% | +600 |
UCLA Bruins | 11.1% | +800 |
New Mexico Lobos | 11.1% | +800 |
Arizona Wildcats | 7.4% | +1250 |
Kentucky Wildcats | 7.4% | +1250 |
Indiana Hoosiers | 6.3% | +1500 |
Florida Gators | 6.3% | +1500 |
The Field | 18.2% | +450 |
Odds provided by BetCalifornia and not available on California betting apps.
The 2025 Mountain West Conference Player of the Year will almost undoubtedly have more suitors after him this offseason than he did out of Centennial High School, where he was a three-star prospect in the class of 2022.
That’s because Dent only had offers from Big West schools like UC Santa Barbara and Long Beach State, along with other mid-majors like California Baptist and Montana State out of high school, ultimately leading him to pick head coach Richard Pitino and the Lobos three years ago.
Three years later, there should be a lot more teams interested in Dent’s backcourt services, with power conference teams like the Villanova Wildcats (+475), Texas Tech Red Raiders (+600) and UCLA Bruins (+800) kicking down the doors to get the veteran guard out of the portal.
There’s also a solid shot that Dent opts to come home to UNM in 2025, with Pitino and the Lobos checking in at +800 to land him, ranking ahead of teams like Arizona and Kentucky (+1250 each), Florida and Indiana (+1500 each).
What we know for sure is that one NCAA team is going to land the 2022 California Mr. Basketball winner, with Dent having all the time in the world to make up his mind on where he wants to wrap up his collegiate career in 2025.
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Christopher Boan is the lead writer at BetCalifornia.com, specializing in sports betting issues in the western United States. He's covered sports and sports betting in Arizona for more than seven years, including stops at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.
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