Mark Pope continues to thoroughly vet the NCAA transfer portal, contacting seemingly everyone who’s in it.
However, Kentucky needs to hit a few home runs in the portal for next season’s roster to have a chance to make some noise in March, and we’ve got two big names for you.
First, On3’s Joe Tipton reports that the Wildcats have contacted Utah State forward Great Osobor.
Second, Recruits Zone reports that Kentucky has reached out to Saint Mary’s guard Aidan Mahaney.
St. Mary’s transfer Aidan Mahaney tells me that he has heard from the following schools since entering the portal:
itting 40% of his 3s. He had 12.1 field-goal attempts per game, 5.3 coming from deep.
This past season, he averaged 13.9 points on 38.6% shooting while hitting 35.5% of his 3s. Of his 12.8 field-goal attempts per game, 6.9 came from deep, so that’s why his overall percentage is a bit low. He also chipped in 2.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists.
As for Osobor, the class of 2021 recruit was a relatively unknown prospect who originally signed with Montana State. After two productive seasons, he entered the transfer portal and landed at Utah State during the 2023 offseason.
This past season, the 6-foot-8, 250-pound native of England averaged 17.7 points (57.7% shooting), 9.0 rebounds, 1.4 blocks, 1.3 steals, and 2.8 assists per contest.
Osobor is ‘capable’ of shooting it from deep, but he’s only attempted 18 career triples, hitting four of them.
