en-us SportSpyder - The Latest Kentucky Wildcats Basketball News https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/news Karl-Anthony Towns was part of Kentucky’s 2014-15 team that started the season 38-0 before losing to Wisconsin in the Final Four. Coach John Calipari used a two-platoon system but Towns was still named a second-team All-American after Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:25:57 GMT Larry Vaught https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56938273 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56938273 false false The Kentucky Wildcats basketball team is on campus for summer workouts, as all 14 players on the roster are in Lexington. The team started workouts on Monday, and practices will begin next week. Senegal native Ousmane N’Diaye has now been declared eligible to practice with the team after passing the two stages of compliance that […] Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:37:52 GMT Brady Thomas https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56937697 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56937697 false false De’Aaron Fox has been at the center of much criticism for his late-game layup attempt in the San Antonio Spurs’ Game 4 loss to the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals. But he’s not letting that negative attention get into his head. Fox — and the entire Spurs team, really — had a poor […] Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:13:59 GMT Zack Geoghegan https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56935366 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56935366 false false Kentucky‘s top portal prize is here, ready to shoot a million threes for the Wildcats and help the winningest program in college basketball history get back to the Final Four. Milan Momcilovic was the sniper worth waiting for in Mark Pope‘s eyes, saving his best for last by adding the Iowa State transfer after the […] Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:09:05 GMT Jack Pilgrim https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56934943 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56934943 false false Upon the widely beloved addition of Milan Momcilovic, a lot of people seemed to accept the state of Kentucky's current roster as apparently final. It's hard to Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:03:59 GMT Lane Mills https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56933452 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56933452 false false Kentucky Basketball may not be done adding talent to its roster just yet. Following the addition of Iowa State transfer forward Milan Momcilovic, the Wildcats still have one scholarship spot available for the 2026-27 season. According to Jack Pilgrim of KSR+, Kentucky is being considered for Serbian standout Nikola Kusturica, one of the top international […] Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:03:04 GMT chrisbeasmore https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56933443 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56933443 false false Former Kentucky star John Wall believes he would earn $30 million in NIL money if he attended college now. Wall recently made the claim in an interview with Monumetal Sports Network. “30 [million],” Wall said. “If Cooper Flagg made 20 [million], right? I had a dance, I had a song, I was marketable, handsome. I’ve […] The post first appeared on . Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:57:01 GMT Nation of Blue https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56932819 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56932819 false false Mark Pope and Kentucky got a big fish in Iowa State transfer Milan Momcilovic, who was a highly sought-after player in the portal and ranked as consensus top th Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:56:54 GMT Wyatt Huff https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56932818 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56932818 false false Milan Momcilovic has become the darling of Mark Pope's 2026-27 recruiting class, and I'm not here to argue against that status at all. The five-star transfer fo Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:14:07 GMT Lane Mills https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56932392 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56932392 false false If you weren’t living through it in real time, it’s hard to explain the celebrity status John Wall held during his one-and-done season at Kentucky. Wall played an exciting brand of basketball, popularized a still-talked-about dance move that was literally named after him, and just looked and talked the part of the coolest hooper you’d […] Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:13:10 GMT Zack Geoghegan https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56931741 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56931741 false false Mark Pope has a lot of work to do beyond simply putting a team together ahead of his pivotal third year in Lexington, but it's hard to imagine Kentucky being in Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:59:28 GMT Lane Mills https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56931600 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56931600 false false Mark Pope picked up his first-ever top 10 recruit on Sunday when 2027 five-star guard Ryan Hampton chose the Wildcats fresh off of a visit to Lexington. It came Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:51:22 GMT Wyatt Huff https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56930840 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56930840 false false Mark Pope added a backup center via the transfer portal, who should be a really good addition to the 2026-27 roster. That center is Franck Kepnang, who spent la Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:36:01 GMT Andrew Stefaniak https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56929996 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56929996 false false In addition to most of the 2025-26 team leaving in the transfer portal this offseason, Kentucky also lost a handful of their assistant coaching staff. This didn Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:30:35 GMT Lane Mills https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56929927 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/kentucky-wildcats-basketball/articles/56929927 false false