#26 Kentucky Men's Basketball 2024-2025 Preview

 
 
Kentucky Wildcats
 
2024-2025 Overall Rank: #26
 
Conference Rank: #8 SEC
 
 
2023-24 Record: 23-10, 13-5
2023-24 Postseason: NCAA
Coach: Mark Pope
Coach Record: 0-0 at Kentucky, 187-108 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
Antonio Reeves, Guard, 20.2 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.6 apg
Rob Dillingham, Guard, 15.2 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 3.9 apg
Reed Sheppard, Guard, 12.5 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 4.5 apg, 2.5 spg
Tre Mitchell, Center, 10.7 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 2.6 apg, 1.0 bpg
D.J. Wagner, Guard, 9.9 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 3.3 apg
Justin Edwards, Forward, 8.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg
Adou Thiero, Guard, 7.2 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.1 apg
Aaron Bradshaw, Center, 4.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg
Ugonna Onyenso, Forward, 3.6 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 2.8 bpg
 
Key Returning Players:
None
 
Key New Players:
Ansley Almonor, Senior, Forward, Transfer from Fairleigh Dickinson
Koby Brea, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Dayton
Lamont Butler, Senior, Guard, Transfer from San Diego State
Andrew Carr, Senior, Forward, Transfer from Wake Forest
Collin Chandler, Freshman, Guard
Brandon Garrison, Sophomore, Center, Transfer from Oklahoma State
Kerr Kriisa, Senior, Guard, Transfer from West Virginia
Trent Noah, Freshman, Forward
Oteg Oweh, Junior, Guard, Transfer from Oklahoma
Travis Perry, Freshman, Guard
Jaxson Robinson, Senior, Guard, Transfer from BYU
Amari Williams, Senior, Center, Transfer from Drexel
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: NCAA
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 89.0 (2nd in nation, 2nd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 79.7 (334, 12)
Field-Goal Percentage: 49.5 (6, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 42.9 (128, 6)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 9.9 (16, 2)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 40.9 (1, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 77.2 (20, 3)
Rebound Margin: 0.8 (173, 8)
Assists Per Game: 17.5 (14, 2)
Turnovers Per Game: 10.7 (74, 5)