Kentucky Basketball is reportedly interested in potential fifth-year transfer Cade Tyson

It’s been a messy season in recent months due to the NCAA’s new “5 for 5” rules, which allow collegiate athletes to complete their journey at this level over 5 years.

With that rule comes a lot of changes: No more redshirting for a future star to sit and learn, and no more medical redshirts. It keeps everything pretty black-and-white from here on.

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Well, even though it seems like there can’t be much confusion or anything wrong with that, we have seen numerous players who just completed their fourth year in college, suing the NCAA in an attempt to get an extra year of eligibility. When the new rules were passed, they were supposed to go into effect next year, meaning this last group of seniors who just finished their careers would be gone.

Kentucky Basketball fans are very familiar with one name in the group of players suing for an extra year of eligibility. Denzel Aberdeen, a former Kentucky guard from last year’s roster, entered the transfer portal and returned to Florida to seek an extra year and play a “super senior,” or fifth year, of college back where he played his first three seasons. Aberdeen would have an immediate impact on the Gators and would start right away for them, so Florida has their fingers crossed with that situation.

Kentucky fans do need to become familiar with another name that is in that group suing for a fifth year. A small forward transfer named Cade Tyson. It was reported by Dylan Blake on Tuesday afternoon that Kentucky would be pursuing Tyson, a potential fifth-year wing who would play real minutes for the program in the 2026-27 season.

Tyson has had a true roller coaster career. He started out his college career at Belmont under coach Casey Alexander, who has now moved to Kansas State. Then, added to his journey by moving to play for coach Hubert Davis at North Carolina, and then played his final year at Minnesota under coach Niko Medved.

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Years one and two at Belmont went extremely well for Tyson. He…

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