Kentucky basketball head coach Mark Pope has received his fair share of criticism when it comes to recruiting and overall roster construction. It’s mostly been his inability to land top recruits and/or top college players in the transfer portal.
Recently, though, Pope landed one of the best high school prospects in the 2027 recruiting class just after securing the transfer of Milan Momcilovic from Iowa State.
The sharp-shooting big man was regarded one of the best players in the portal, if not the best.
On Tuesday, ESPN’s Jeff Borzello and Myron Medcalf released a story ranking their winners of the 2026 transfer portal season and Borzello had Kentucky sitting atop his list with Momcilovic as his best single player addition.
Momcilovic was the top-ranked player in my transfer rankings, the best shooter in college basketball and a proven all-conference performer at the high-major level. There aren’t any questions about how his offensive game will translate. He has 6-foot-8 size, and he led the country in 3-point shooting percentage (48.7) and was tied for third nationally in 3s made (3.7 per game).
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