North Texas forward withdraws from NBA Draft

North Texas forward Brenen Lorient will return to college basketball after it was reported by Jon Chepkevich of Draft Express (X link) that he was withdrawing his name from the 2025 NBA Draft.

Lorient is a 6-foot-9 athletic forward who averaged 11.7 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.1 blocks, and 0.9 steals per game while shooting 47.8% from three on 23 total attempts in his junior season. He was named AAC Sixth Man of the Year and All-AAC First Team.

Chepkevich reports that Lorient, who spent his first two years at Florida Atlantic University, will play his senior year at West Virginia, joining four-star shot-making wing Jayden Forsythe and newly-hired coach Ross Hodge.

Lorient declared for the draft while maintaining his NCAA eligibility last month. He is not on ESPN’s current big board of this year’s top 100 league prospects, and he falls just outside ESPN’s top-100 transfer portal list.