{"id":67083,"date":"2025-05-30T23:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T23:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/67083\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T23:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T23:38:10","slug":"kentucky-named-one-of-college-basketballs-biggest-transfer-portal-winners-by-cbs-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/67083\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky named one of college basketball’s biggest transfer portal winners by CBS Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a very, very good offseason for Mark Pope<\/a> and the Kentucky Wildcats<\/a>, retaining almost all of the team\u2019s production with remaining eligibility, signing three top-40 high school recruits and adding one of the top transfer portal classes in the country. With 14 talented pieces on the roster going into 2025-26, there aren\u2019t many groups better from top to bottom when you combine ability, versatility, size, experience and depth.<\/p>\n

In fact, there may not have been a bigger winner of the offseason than Kentucky \u2014 at least if you look at the program\u2019s five top-60 portal additions, as David Cobb of CBS Sports believes.<\/p>\n

In a list of the biggest winners of the 2025 portal cycle, the Wildcats sit atop the list put together by CBS Sports, a class that included six total newcomers and just two departures in Kerr Kriisa and Travis Perry.<\/p>\n

\u201cKentucky went shopping in the luxury aisle and came away with some high-end portal additions to reinforce a roster that is losing five double-figure scorers to due to the expiration of eligibility,\u201d Cobb said of the Cats. \u201cFive of the additions are ranked among the top-60 transfers, headlined by No. 12\u00a0Jayden Quaintance. After shining as a shot-blocking freshman at\u00a0Arizona State\u00a0last season, Quaintance will combine with ex-Alabama forward Mo Dioubate to give the Wildcats a ferocious front court.\u00a0Jaland Lowe\u00a0(Pitt) will run the show at point guard after averaging 5.5 assists for the Panthers, while\u00a0Denzel Aberdeen\u00a0(Florida) and\u00a0Kam Williams\u00a0(Tulane) will add perimeter pop. <\/p>\n

\u201cYear 1 under coach Mark Pope showed proof of concept, and now the Wildcats are poised to keep building after a strong offseason.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not too shabby.<\/p>\n

Among the other big winners: Louisville, St. John\u2019s, UCLA, Michigan, Kansas State, Washington, UConn, Florida, San Diego State and George Washington.<\/p>\n

The losers? North Carolina, Kansas, Arizona, UCF, Oregon State, Washington State, Memphis and Robert Morris.<\/p>\n

Kentucky sits at No. 2 nationally in On3\u2019s transfer portal team rankings, that rating system combining both additions and departures. Quaintance sits at No. 4 overall in the On3 Industry Ranking, followed by Lowe at No. 52, Dioubate at No. 61, Williams at No. 80 and Aberdeen at No. 89.<\/p>\n

Read all of David Cobb\u2019s analysis with CBS Sports here.<\/a><\/p>\n

PORTAL \/ INTERNATIONAL COMMITS (7)<\/p>\n

Kam Williams<\/a> \u2013 G\u00a0\u2013 Tulane \u2013 9.3 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 1.3 APG, 48.5% FG, 41.2% 3PT | Committed 3\/28<\/p>\n

Jaland Lowe<\/a> \u2013 G \u2013 Pittsburgh \u2013 16.8 PPG, 5.5 APG, 4.2 RPG, 37.6% FG, 26.6% 3PT | Committed 4\/5<\/p>\n

Mouhamed Dioubate<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 F \u2013 Alabama \u2013 7.2 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 1.1 APG, 61.7% FG, 46.2% 3PT | Committed 4\/7<\/p>\n

Jayden Quaintance<\/a> \u2013 F \u2013 Arizona State \u2013 9.4 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 2.6 BPG, 52.5 FG% | Committed 4\/8<\/p>\n

Andrija Jelavic<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 C \u2013 Mega Basket \u2014 10.8 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 1.4 APG, 50.3% FG, 32.3% 3PT | Committed 4\/12<\/p>\n

Denzel Aberdeen<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 G \u2013 Florida \u2013 7.7 PPG, 1.7 RPG, 41.8 FG%, 35 3PT% |\u00a0Committed 4\/21<\/p>\n

Reece Potter<\/a> \u2013 C \u2013 Miami (OH) \u2014 6.5 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 1.2 APG, 46.6 FG%, 36.7 3PT% | Committed 5\/5<\/p>\n

RETURNING PIECES \/ INCOMING FRESHMEN (7)<\/p>\n

Otega Oweh<\/a> \u2013 G \u2013 Rising Senior \u2013 16.2 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 1.7 APG, 49.2% FG, 35.5% 3PT | Going through NBA Draft process<\/p>\n

Brandon Garrison<\/a> \u2013 C \u2013 Rising Junior \u2013 5.9 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 1.9 APG, 50.9% | Confirmed return on 4\/12<\/p>\n

Collin Chandler<\/a> \u2013 C- Rising Sophomore \u2013 2.7 PPG, 1.0 RPG, 0.7 APG, 36.1% FG, 34.7% 3PT | Confirmed return on 4\/17<\/p>\n

Trent Noah<\/a> \u2013 F \u2013 Rising Sophomore \u2013 2.7 PPG, 1.9 RPG, 0.4 APG, 45.1% FG, 33.3% 3PT | Confirmed return on 4\/18<\/p>\n

Malachi Moreno<\/a> \u2013 C \u2013 Incoming Freshman \u2013 Great Crossing (Georgetown, KY)<\/p>\n

Jasper Johnson<\/a> \u2013 SG \u2013 Incoming Freshman \u2013 Overtime Elite (Lexington, KY)<\/p>\n

Braydon Hawthorne<\/a> \u2013 SF \u2013 Incoming Freshman \u2013 Huntington Prep (Huntington, WV)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was a very, very good offseason for Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats, retaining almost all of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7,217,4000,231,772,1544],"class_list":{"0":"post-67083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-college-basketball","10":"tag-kentucky-basketball","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-basketball","13":"tag-ncaab"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114599421759468694","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}