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Mark Pope’s Kentucky Wildcats had a rather underwhelming season by Kentucky standards. Finishing 22-14 and 10-8 in conference. They entered the NCAA Tournament as a No. 7 seed. The Wildcats handled Tennessee State in the first round but failed to get past No. 2 Iowa State team.
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According to On3, Kentucky has six players either in the transfer portal or expected to enter the transfer portal. Denzel Aberdeen is has entered the portal while Mouhamed Dioubate, Jaland Lowe, Jasper Johnson, Brandon Garrison and Andrija Jelavic are all expected to enter the portal but haven’t yet.
Kentucky Wildcats basketball transfer portal live updates
Kentucky Wildcats transfers
Status
Name
Pos
Rating
Last Team
New Team
Entered
Denzel Aberdeen
CG
94.17
Kentucky
Expected
Mouhamed Dioubate
SF
93.78
Kentucky
Expected
Jaland Lowe
PG
93.33
Kentucky
Expected
Jasper Johnson
SG
92.00
Kentucky
Expected
Brandon Garrison
PF
92.85
Kentucky
Expected
Andrija Jelavic
PF
No Rating
Kentucky
Kentucky transfer news:
April 7, 2026
Andrija Jelavic plans to enter the transfer portal
April 6, 2026
Denzel Aberdeen entered the transfer portal
Mouhamed Dioubate plans to enter the transfer portal
April 3, 2026
Jasper Johnson plans to enter the transfer portal
Brandon Garrison plans to enter the transfer portal
Kentucky transfer portal rumors:
Kentucky is expected to be in play for Syracuse forward Donnie Freeman. He is ranked 10th overall in the transfer portal by USA Today, according to A Sea of Blue. Freeman averaged 16.5 points and 7.2 rebounds for Syracuse in 2025-26.
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Top-5 transfer target Paulius Murauskas will speak to Kentucky via “zoom call” on Thursday according to Jacob Polacheck of KSR/On3. Murauskas is a 6’8, 235-pound forward from Saint Mary’s. However, in 2023 Murauskas was a 4-star (90) recruit who played his rookies season with Arizona.
