The Kentucky Wildcats added the highest remaining males’s school basketball participant within the switch portal on Monday, touchdown former Iowa State Cyclones sharpshooter Milan Momcilovic.
It is a main get for beleaguered coach Mark Pope, who’s coming off a disappointing second season at Kentucky, which led to a second-round NCAA Match loss to Momcilovic’s former crew.
The 6-foot-8 senior ahead scored 20 factors on 6-of-12 capturing for Iowa State within the 82-63 win, and he’ll now be tasked with serving to Pope’s squad break via in 12 months 3 beneath his command.
Milan Momcilovic signing a significant switch portal win for Mark Pope
Per 247Sports, Momcilovic is the No. 2 total switch portal prospect and greatest obtainable getting into Monday. Final season, the 2025-26 All-Massive Ten choice averaged 16.9 factors on 50.6 % capturing, together with a Division I greatest 48.7 % from past the arc on 7.5 three-point makes an attempt per recreation.
He joins a Kentucky crew coming off a 22-14 report and seventh-place SEC end. Main scorer Otega Oweh is headed for the NBA Draft, whereas the crew’s second-leading scorer, Denzel Aberdeen, transferred again to the Florida Gators, who he performed for from 2022-25.
The Wildcats additionally misplaced beginning guard Collin Chandler and ahead Mouhamed Dioubate — gamers who ranked third and fourth in scoring — to the switch portal.
Momcilovic represents Pope’s largest switch portal signing since turning into Kentucky head coach. It has been an energetic interval getting into a pivotal third season that would have ramifications on his future with this system.
He discovered a pair of potential starters from mid-majors, including guard Alex Wilkins, who averaged 17.8 factors and 4.7 assists final season at Furman, and former Old Dominion ahead Justin McBride, a 6-foot-8 40 % shooter from deep who averaged 15.3 factors per recreation.
Kentucky additionally raided the northwest, including guard Jerone Morton, a Kentucky native who shot 38.8 % from deep final season with the Washington State Cougars. The Wildcats signed guard Zoom Diallo after averaging 15.7 factors and 4.5 assists at Washington, alongside along with his teammate Franck Kepnang.
These strikes offered Kentucky worthwhile scoring and ball-handling choices, however none transfer the needle like Momcilovic, who CBS school basketball insider Jon Rothstein famous provides the Wildcats “main promise” heading into 2026-27.
