2025-26 Roster Chatter (UPDATE: Oweh Returns, Roster Complete)

[teamchemistry15]

Reading between the lines about Lowe. His freshman year he shot 36% from three. His sophomore year his minutes per game went up by ten. His points, rebounds, steals, and assists all went up and his shooting percentage from three went way down. He's also nearly 90% both seasons at the free throw line. The kid can shoot, it just seems like he had his role significantly increase and he was asked to do everything. Surround him with a better team and allow him to take good shots and I think we will be surprised. I remember seeing a stat about Buddy Heild in the NBA. On catch and shoot 3s he was something crazy like over 90%. If he took at least one dribble it dropped to like 15%. Maybe Lowe is more of a catch and shoot guy and playing the lead guard with the need to do everything he was forced into taking a bunch of shots off the dribble.

[KCKUKFan]

Piere would be a great replacement for Jaxson Robinson.

[teamchemistry15]

I know a lot of people want someone else at the 3. I'm fine rolling with Williams, Chandler, and Noah there. Give me Alvaro and Dioubate and I think we have a top 15, if not higher, roster.

PG Lowe/Lewis/Perry
SG Oweh/Johnson
SF Williams/Chandler/Noah
PF Alvaro/Dioudate
C Garrison/Moreno

[KentuckyWild2020]

Mark Pope is making Tayshaun Prince proud, left handers in the house..

[Joneslab]

I know a lot of people want someone else at the 3. I'm fine rolling with Williams, Chandler, and Noah there. Give me Alvaro and Dioubate and I think we have a top 15, if not higher, roster.

PG Lowe/Lewis/Perry
SG Oweh/Johnson
SF Williams/Chandler/Noah
PF Alvaro/Dioudate
C Garrison/Moreno

I had no idea Kentucky was even in the running for Mouhamed Dioubate? Where is this coming from?

But if there's something to that then heck yeah, if you plug him in there and everything else falls like that, Kentucky is absolutely a contender. That guy is EXACTLY what Kentucky was missing last season.

[Joneslab]

Just scouring around, I only see one UK source that claims Kentucky has contacted Dioubate. He's only been in the portal since this morning.

He's a Queens native, so immediately you'd think St. John's...particularly with the way he plays. But he's got the type of game that Mark Pope hasn't been able to get yet in his time at Kentucky.

[KCKUKFan]

I know a lot of people want someone else at the 3. I'm fine rolling with Williams, Chandler, and Noah there. Give me Alvaro and Dioubate and I think we have a top 15, if not higher, roster.

PG Lowe/Lewis/Perry
SG Oweh/Johnson
SF Williams/Chandler/Noah
PF Alvaro/Dioudate
C Garrison/Moreno

Williams, Chandler, and Noah isn't gonna cut it at the 3. Besides, Oweh belongs at that position. And there is not nearly enough shooting or scoring on this roster.

Piere is a must.

PG Lowe / Lewis / Perry
SG Piere / Johnson / Chandler
SF Oweh / Williams / Noah
PF Folgueras
C Garrison / Moreno

Even with this roster, we need one more big. Either that, or we need to hope Garrison has gotten a lot better and that Moreno is ready on day one. I've seen no indication that Pope is even interested in Dioudate, but he would be a much needed immediate impact.

[Joneslab]

Kam Williams is a really interesting player with his size and how he can shoot, but his overall stats make him seem like a background player, not a starter and not even close to a fill-in for a departed Oweh.

Unless of course Williams just gets a ton better between now and next November. (Or he benefits greatly from playing in Pope's system, a la Oweh.)

[KCKUKFan]

People are forgetting about Mbagko, a player that Pope seems to really like, for some strange reason.

[DA#23]

I see KSR saying UK has contacted Dioubate

[Joneslab]

Kentucky fans are now saying USC's Wesley Yates, who is suddenly the best/near the best player in the portal, might be a Kentucky target.

[KCKUKFan]

Kentucky fans are now saying USC's Wesley Yates, who is suddenly the best/near the best player in the portal, might be a Kentucky target.

If you think Otega Oweh has a hitch in his jumper, ooooh boy.

Still would rather have Pierre.

[Joneslab]

If you think Otega Oweh has a hitch in his jumper, ooooh boy.

Still would rather have Pierre.

I've never seen him play, but ESPN tells me he did shoot 43% from three on 54 makes. That's really solid for a freshman.

[KCKUKFan]

I've never seen him play, but ESPN tells me he did shoot 43% from three on 54 makes. That's really solid for a freshman.

He was the lone bright spot on a lousy team, and he was a pretty good shooter. But the mechanics on his jumpshot are hideous.

[KCKUKFan]

Trilly Donovan suggests that it's Washington for Yates, but Matt Jones suggests us.