{"id":673944,"date":"2026-05-16T03:44:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T03:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/673944\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T03:44:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T03:44:25","slug":"kentucky-basketball-targets-no-3-transfer-milan-momcilovic-for-roster-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/673944\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Basketball Targets No. 3 Transfer Milan Momcilovic for Roster Boost"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kentucky Wildcats<\/a> continue to seek roster improvements through the transfer portal. Mark Pope and his staff have already landed five commitments. Despite bringing in potential difference makers such as guard Alex Wilkins (Furman Paladins) and guard Zoom Diallo<\/a> (Washington Huskies<\/a>), the group ranks 79th in the nation, per Rivals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats continue to weigh their options, with former Iowa State Cyclones forward Milan Momcilovic<\/a> emerging as a target. Rivals’ Jacob Polacheck previously reported<\/a> that Kentucky had a Zoom meeting with the junior.<\/p>\n

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There appears to be mutual interests between the two parties. In an article from Ben Roberts of the Lexington Herald Leader, Momcilovic says<\/a> he would mesh well in Pope’s system.<\/p>\n

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Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball coach Mark Pope.\u00a9 Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Kentucky would be a good fit,\u201d Momcilovic said. \u201cI obviously went against Pope at BYU his first year (in the Big 12<\/a>), and I loved how his team played\u2026 But I think \u2014 if I were to choose Kentucky \u2014 that would be a good fit for me. I feel like I\u2019d be a great player for him, and he\u2019d be a good coach for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Momcilovic is coming off his best season with the Cyclones. In 37 starts, he averaged 16.9 points<\/a> (career-high), 3.1 rebounds and one assist. He also shot 50.6% from the field and 48.7% from beyond the three-point line, both of which were career highs.<\/p>\n

With Kentucky’s leading scorer last season, Otega Oweh<\/a>, leaving for the 2026 NBA<\/a> Draft, the team is in need of help. Momcilovic, who is listed as the No. 3 player to enter the transfer portal this offseason according to On3 Industry Rankings<\/a>, could help replace that offensive production.<\/p>\n

However, the Pewaukee, Wisconsin native, has several options outside of the Wildcats. Along with having declared for the draft, Robinson noted that the Louisville Cardinals and St. John’s Red Storm are also in the mix.<\/p>\n

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With a deadline of May 27 to withdraw from the draft and return to school, Momcilovic is running out of time to make a decision. Under the belief that he would succeed playing for Pope, though, Kentucky continues to push for a commitment.<\/p>\n

Related: Purdue Basketball Predicted to Receive Commitment From Nation’s No. 1 Center<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on May 15, 2026, where it first appeared in the College Basketball<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kentucky Wildcats continue to seek roster improvements through the transfer portal. Mark Pope and his staff have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":673945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[325109,64,63,726,310790,153064,71643,1416,1229,325107,71713,71690,85,717,325108,325110],"class_list":["post-673944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-alex-wilkins","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-ben-roberts","tag-furman-paladins","tag-iowa-state-cyclones","tag-kentucky-wildcats","tag-louisville-cardinals","tag-mark-pope","tag-milan-momcilovic","tag-otega-oweh","tag-sports","tag-washington-huskies","tag-zoom-diallo","tag-zoom-meeting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}