Where transfer portal has taken 14 ex-Kentucky basketball players for 2024-25 season

LEXINGTON — The last link to the John Calipari era at Kentucky is a freshman guard.

Travis Perry, the all-time leading scorer in Kentucky high school history, signed with Calipari and the Wildcats last year. Perry was expected to be just one piece of the 2024-25 roster. But after Calipari left UK to become Arkansas’ coach in April, Perry became the only player to stick with the Wildcats.

Three potential returnees declared for the NBA draft (Rob Dillingham, Justin Edwards and Reed Sheppard).

Aside from Perry, the other five 2024 recruits who once had committed to Kentucky enrolled at other schools: Boogie Fland, Karter Knox and Billy Richmond followed Calipari to Arkansas, Somto Cyril still wound up in the SEC by signing with Georgia and big man Jayden Quaintance headed west (Arizona State).

The seven other scholarship players on the 2023-24 UK roster hit the transfer portal after Calipari’s exit.

That contingent won’t be the only former Kentucky players suiting up for other college teams this season.

Here’s a look at 14 ex-Wildcats who will play elsewhere during the 2024-25 campaign:

Dontaie Allen (G, Wyoming)

Guard Dontaie Allen appeared in 59 games (24 starts) with the Hilltoppers, averaging 8.7 points per game on 168-of-413 shooting (40.7%).

Named Mr. Kentucky Basketball in 2019, Dontaie Allen has bounced around the college ranks. He joined Wyoming’s roster as a transfer after spending the past two seasons at Western Kentucky. Allen appeared in 59 games (24 starts) with the Hilltoppers, averaging 8.7 points per game on 168-of-413 shooting (40.7%). Before those two seasons in Bowling Green, Allen spent three years in Lexington, where he struggled to find his footing. Allen redshirted as a UK freshman in 2019-20 after an ACL tear brought his high school career to a premature end. During the next two seasons with the Wildcats, he played in 40 games — but made only one start. Allen averaged 3.9 points and 1.4 rebounds in 10.5 minutes per game for the Wildcats before entering…

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Author : The Courier Journal

Publish date : 2024-09-17 09:14:21

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