Kentucky's basketball roster received some good news with the addition of Amari Williams from Drexel. Williams, a 6-foot-10 forward, averaged 12.2 points and 7.8 rebounds at Drexel last year, earning first-team CAA All-Conference selection and Coastal Athletic Association Defensive Player of the Year. Was chosen. Williams considered schools such as Mississippi State University and St. John's University before transferring to Kentucky for his final season of college basketball. Williams is the first senior on Kentucky's 2024-25 roster after John Calipari shocked all of college basketball by leaving Kentucky for Arkansas.
The move sends all eligible Kentucky basketball players to the college basketball transfer portal. Mark Pope, who spent three years as a player at Kentucky, takes over as head coach after coaching at BYU for the past five years. Who else is Kentucky targeting in the transfer portal, and which players can Wildcats fans expect to see in uniform next season? If you love the Wildcats or check out the latest roster updates and college basketball transfer portal news, be sure to see what our proven team of insiders are saying at CatsPause, the 247Sports affiliate covering Kentucky.
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Kentucky basketball roster departures
Kentucky officially lost Joey Hart, the 6-foot-5 guard who entered the transfer portal after last season. Hart was a Mr. Basketball finalist in Indiana during his senior season and has returned to his home state to play at Ball State University. Hart played in just seven games as a freshman at Kentucky, but he could have a bigger role on Kentucky's completely revamped roster.
Reigning SEC Rookie of the Year Reid Shepard introduces the four Kentucky basketball players who have declared for the 2024 NBA Draft. Ugonna Onyenso, Rob Dillingham and Justin Edwards also declared. Antonio Reeves, the team's leading scorer, will also be ineligible and will turn pro. Pope, who has been striving to earn a spot on Kentucky's roster with high expectations each season, has no time to take it easy and return to his alma mater. Kentucky has been to the NCAA Tournament in the last three seasons and 29 of the last 33 years, and fans will have high expectations even with Pope's appointment. Join CatsPause for all the latest information on Kentucky roster changes.
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Pope has already begun making adjustments to the Kentucky basketball roster, and the 2024-25 Kentucky basketball roster will be brand new. Former Top 40 recruit Colin Chandler officially became the first player of the Pope era last week, transferring from BYU to Kentucky during a two-year overseas mission trip. The 2022 recruits are expected to return to the United States in early May and arrive in Lexington shortly thereafter.
Pope received his first official visit last weekend, with former Drexel forward Amari Williams committing to play for the Wildcats by the end of the week. Williams is a three-time Coastal Athletic Association Defensive Player of the Year, choosing Kentucky over St. John's and Mississippi State. Four-star recruit Travis Perry is similarly committed and is the only holdover from Calipari's 2024 Kentucky basketball freshman class. Join CatsPause to stay up to date on all of Kentucky's roster additions.
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Pope could bring in at least one big name BYU player, so be sure to tune in to CatsPause to find out who that is and get the rest of the insider roster news.
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