Kentucky Wildcats
2025-26 record: 22-14 (10-8)
Roster departures
● Otega Oweh (18.6 ppg and 4.8 rpg)
● Denzel Aberdeen (13.5 ppg and 3.4 apg)
● Collin Chandler (9.7 ppg and 2.8 rpg)
● Mouhamed Dioubate (8.8 ppg and 5.5 rpg)
● Andrija Jelavic (5.5 ppg and 4.0 rpg)
● Jasper Johnson (4.9 ppg and 1.6 apg)
● Brandon Garrison (4.7 ppg and 4.1 rpg)
● Jaland Lowe (8.0 ppg and 2.4 apg)
● Jayden Quaintance (5.0 ppg and 5.0 rpg)
Roster returnees
- Kam Williams (6.0 ppg and 2.1 rpg
- Malachi Moreno (7.8 ppg and 6.3 rpg)
- Trent Noah (3.0 ppg and 2.3 rpg)
- Braydon Hawthorne (redshirt freshman wing)
- Reece Potter (redshirt center)
Roster additions
- Zoom Diallo (15.7 ppg and 4.5 apg at Washington)
- Milan Momcilovic (16.9 ppg and 3.1 rpg at Iowa State)
- Alex Wilkins (17.8 ppg and 4.7 apg at Furman)
- Justin McBride (15.3 ppg and 5.6 rpg at James Madison)
- Jerone Morton (7.8 ppg and 2.6 apg at Washington State)
- Franck Kepnang (6.2 ppg and 6.3 rpg at Washington)
- Ousmane N’Diaye (4-star forward prospect)
The grade for Kentucky after the first month of the season would’ve been at best, a “D”. They had missed out on a number of targets, including No. 1 overall prospect in the 2026 class, Tyran Stokes. But the last month would be viewed as an “A+”, getting Moreno back from the NBA Draft process, along with landing Momcilovic, the best pure shooter in the country from last season.
There’s also the backcourt pickups of Wilkins and Diallo, two of the early pickups on the roster. They’ve slowly rebuilt a top-20 caliber roster, with starpower at the top and a pair of sophomore breakout candidates like Wilkins and Moreno.
So, after everything that happened, what is the final verdict on Kentucky? They’re good enough to compete for a top-4 spot in the SEC next year, which is all that matters. The pressure is still there for Coach Mark Pope, so they’ll have to have some results. At least things went their way in the past month after a rough start to the offseason.
Grade: A-
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