{"id":153585,"date":"2025-08-06T12:11:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T16:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=153585"},"modified":"2025-08-06T12:11:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T16:11:17","slug":"big-ten-buzz-dylan-mingo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/08\/06\/big-ten-buzz-dylan-mingo\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ten Team Has Buzz for Five-Star Point Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Big Ten team is currently viewed as the favorite for a 2026 five-star point guard leading a New York program.<\/p>\n<h2>Big Ten Team Has Buzz for Five-Star Point Guard<\/h2>\n<p>Last weekend, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/10\/11\/washington-basketball-huskies-all-time-starting-lineup\/\" target=\"_self\">Washington<\/a> hosted the country&#8217;s No. 1 point guard in the 2026 cycle, <a  href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/player\/dylan-mingo-46140831\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dylan Mingo<\/a>, on an official visit, according to recruiting services. Following that trip, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/dylan-mingo-179195\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Rivals Recruiting Prediction Machine<\/a> currently has Washington out in front for the 6-foot-5 Mingo, a standout rising senior at the powerhouse Long Island Lutheran High School in Brookville, N.Y.<\/p>\n<p>As Mingo visits other suitors, another team could move past Washington as the front-runner to prevail for him. Last month, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/news\/top-5-prospect-dylan-mingo-updates-his-recruitment-breaks-down-whats-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mingo told Rivals national analyst\u00a0Jamie Shaw<\/a> that he is eyeing visits to other schools such as Virginia, Baylor, UConn, Miami, N.C. State, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Alabama.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_153620\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153620\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-153620 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/USATSI_25243285_168402037_lowres-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jan 21, 2025; Eugene, Oregon, USA; Washington Huskies head coach Danny Sprinkle during the second half against the Oregon Ducks at Matthew Knight Arena. Mandatory Credit: Craig Strobeck-Imagn Images\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/USATSI_25243285_168402037_lowres-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/USATSI_25243285_168402037_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/USATSI_25243285_168402037_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/USATSI_25243285_168402037_lowres-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/USATSI_25243285_168402037_lowres-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/USATSI_25243285_168402037_lowres-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/USATSI_25243285_168402037_lowres-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jan 21, 2025; Eugene, Oregon, USA; Washington Huskies head coach Danny Sprinkle during the second half against the Oregon Ducks at Matthew Knight Arena. Mandatory Credit: Craig Strobeck-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this week, Shaw forecast that <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/news\/calling-my-shot-predicting-where-top-prosepcts-in-the-2026-rivals-150-will-land\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mingo will ultimately pick either Baylor or UConn<\/a>, although his confidence level is low, at 20 percent. Shaw writes that Mingo&#8217;s recruitment is fairly open at this point, noting that additional squads to watch may include Alabama and Penn State, where his older brother, Kayden, is a freshman guard.<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, Rivals refreshed its 2026 national rankings, holding Mingo in high regard. He currently checks in at No. 3 nationally, No. 1 at point guard and No. 1 in New York within his class. Other recruiting websites also have Mingo <a  href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/player\/dylan-mingo-46140831\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as a top-10 national prospect<\/a> and one of the top point guards\/combo guards around the country in the 2026 cycle.<\/p>\n<p>In total, Mingo holds nearly 20 scholarship offers. Other teams who have offered him include Syracuse, St. John&#8217;s, Providence, Missouri, Florida State, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&amp;M, Ole Miss, Louisville, Illinois and Dayton.<\/p>\n<h3>Dylan Mingo Eyes All-American Senior Season<\/h3>\n<p>As a junior during the 2024-25 campaign, Mingo helped guide Long Island Lutheran to a top-five national ranking and a berth in April&#8217;s Chipotle Nationals in Fishers, Ind., near Indianapolis. In the upcoming 2025-26 season, Mingo will likely contend for All-America honors, and Long Island Lutheran should be in the mix for another bid to the Chipotle Nationals, an annual season-ending tournament that crowns a national champion in high school hoops.<\/p>\n<p>Mingo and the Crusaders are a member of the prestigious Nike Elite Youth Basketball League Scholastic (&#8220;EYBL Scholastic&#8221;), which is arguably the country&#8217;s premier high school hoops conference. Thus, Mingo will battle top-flight competition this coming season.<\/p>\n<p>This past May, <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Samad_Hines\/status\/1924601063685947699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1924601063685947699%7Ctwgr%5Ebbc30f3f33746791bab6291c2dda6c6cb2baaabb%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finsidetheloudhouse.com%2Fsyracuse-basketball-4-star-priority-vaughn-karvala-to-play-alongside-other-su-targets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">national analyst\/scout Samad Hines<\/a> published a way-too-early top 25 in high school basketball for the 2025-26 campaign. Hines slotted Long Island Lutheran at No. 5 overall.<\/p>\n<p>This spring and summer on the AAU circuit, analysts and scouts anointed Mingo as a top performer as he competed for the 17U team of the Bronx, N.Y.-based PSA Cardinals in Nike\u2019s EYBL league. In the EYBL&#8217;s regular season, Mingo <a  href=\"https:\/\/nikeeyb.com\/teams?%7Ew=p%7EeJwljDEKwzAMAL8SNFcgWdgy3bv2D3JsQaCEgD219O9FdLzjuA9MuG-guVgriZHEBZmdsHFRHK65U0vV3OC2wSviceLjGfQOmsvWMdexz1BXKOoqVpJhIh7_W3XtuEsardZM0jN8f49GH6Y\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">averaged<\/a> 19.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. He shot 43% from the field and 76% from the free-throw line.<\/p>\n<p>In late June, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.thecircuithoops.com\/news_article\/show\/1341828\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the scouting experts at The Circuit<\/a> named Mingo their defensive MVP and to their All-EYBL first team for the Nike circuit&#8217;s regular season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Chris Day\/The Commercial Appeal \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Big Ten team is currently viewed as the favorite for a 2026 five-star point guard leading a New York program. Big Ten Team Has Buzz for Five-Star Point Guard Last weekend, Washington hosted the country&#8217;s No. 1 point guard in the 2026 cycle, Dylan Mingo, on an official visit, according to recruiting services. 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