Go ahead and take another portal target off the Big Board.<\/p>\n
On Sunday evening, Robert Morris transfer DeSean Goode<\/a> announced his commitment to Jai Lucas<\/a> and the Miami Hurricanes. The Kentucky coaching staff spoke with Goode last week via Zoom, and there was a belief that a visit to Lexington was in the works, but the 6-foot-8 forward opted for the ACC before he could make his way to the Bluegrass State. <\/p>\n On3 ranks Goode as the 84th overall player and the 23rd-best power forward to enter the portal this offseason. He\u2019ll have two years of eligibility to use at Miami under Lucas, a former Kentucky assistant who won the 2026 Joe B. Hall National Coach of the Year award<\/a> this past season after leading the Hurricanes to a 26-9 record in his first year as head coach. <\/p>\n The likes of Kentucky, Kansas, Michigan, Oklahoma, NC State, and St. John\u2019s were also in the mix with Goode, but in the end, it came down to Louisville and Miami. The Hurricanes ended up winning out. Miami has also brought in center Somto Cyril<\/a> and point guard Acaden Lewis<\/a> this offseason through the portal \u2014 two players who were at one point both committed to the Wildcats. <\/p>\n Goode spent both his freshman and sophomore seasons in the Horizon League. He was a solid role player for IU Indy as a freshman in 2024-25, but turned into one of the conference\u2019s top players as a sophomore in 2025-26. He averaged 15.2 points, a conference-leading 8.7 rebounds, and 1.4 assists in 30.9 minutes for Robert Morris this past season, taking home Horizon League Player of the Year honors in the process. <\/p>\n Goode becomes the second Kentucky target in the frontcourt to commit elsewhere on Sunday. Colorado forward Sebastian Rancik<\/a> announced his commitment to Florida State earlier in the day. Head coach Mark Pope<\/a> is still in the race for the likes of Syracuse forward Donnie Freeman<\/a>, who could decide at any moment. UK is viewed as the frontrunner to land Freeman. Southern California\u2019s Gabe Dynes<\/a>, a 7-foot-5 center, is also scheduled to visit Lexington this coming week. <\/p>\n Kentucky\u2019s starting backcourt is in good shape with the recent additions of Zoom Diallo<\/a> (Washington) and Alex Wilkins<\/a> (Furman), but there is still work to be done in the frontcourt. All eyes remain on Freeman as the BBN awaits his decision. <\/p>\n It\u2019s Transfer Portal SZN on KSR+<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve ever been curious about\u00a0KSR+<\/a>, our premium sister site, now is the time to try it out. We\u2019re doubling down our efforts to bring you bonus coverage of the Cats and the intel and analysis you can\u2019t get anywhere else. Subscribe now for an inside look at a pivotal offseason for Mark Pope and Kentucky Basketball and Will Stein\u2019s first year at the helm of Kentucky Football, along with access to\u00a0KSBoard<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0House of Blue<\/a>, the most vibrant message board communities in BBN.\u00a0Join the club right now for 50% off an annual subscription.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Go ahead and take another portal target off the Big Board. On Sunday evening, Robert Morris transfer DeSean…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[105735,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-238695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-desean-goode-24-fork-union-military-hs","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}