The best available transfers for Kentucky Basketball after Mark Mitchell backs out

The Mark Mitchell saga is officially over for Kentucky Basketball, for better or for worse. That mess is now in Dennis Gates’ and Missouri’s hands at this point, and the Tigers will continue the fight to get Mitchell another year of college basketball, back where he played his junior and senior seasons. 

Now, Kentucky will pivot to try to complete the roster without Mitchell. Mark Pope and Kentucky still have a list of options, even though a few of the top names we became familiar with have found new homes—Jaxon Kohler to BYU, Keyshawn Hall to St. John’s, and now Mitchell back to Missouri. 

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Some of the names that are still available for the potential fifth year are Minnesota transfer Cade Tyson, BYU transfer Keba Keita, Jacksonville State transfer Mostapha El Moutaouakkil, and Arizona State transfer Moe Odum. 

Cade Tyson

Tyson has had a true roller coaster career. He started 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. 

Years one and two at Belmont went extremely well for Tyson. He averaged 13.6 points per game with just under five rebounds his freshman year, then went up to 16.2 points per game with six rebounds and two assists. He was also pretty efficient in his time there, shooting 49% from the field both years, 42% from 3-point range his freshman season, and 46.5% his sophomore season.

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Then came the move to North Carolina in 2024-25. A year that, on the stat sheets, everyone involved was shocked by, and not in a good way. Tyson’s numbers plummeted in Chapel Hill, scoring 2.6 points per game and just one rebound per game. Shooting numbers went way down as well, averaging 40% from the field and 29% from three-point range.

After that year, some viewed Tyson as used goods, but Minnesota took a chance on him. Everything went back up for him with…

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Publish date : 2026-09-02 10:15:00

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