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The Kentucky Wildcats<\/a> added the top remaining men’s college basketball player in the transfer portal on Monday, landing former Iowa State Cyclones<\/a> sharpshooter Milan Momcilovic.\u00a0<\/p>\n It’s a major get for beleaguered coach Mark Pope, who is coming off a disappointing second season at Kentucky, which ended in a second-round NCAA Tournament loss to Momcilovic’s former team.<\/p>\n The 6-foot-8 senior forward scored 20 points on 6-of-12 shooting for Iowa State in the 82-63 win, and he’ll now be tasked with helping Pope’s squad break through in Year 3 under his command.<\/p>\n Per 247Sports<\/a>, Momcilovic is the No. 2 overall transfer portal prospect and best available entering Monday. Last season, the 2025-26 All-Big Ten selection averaged 16.9 points on 50.6 percent shooting, including a Division I best 48.7 percent from beyond the arc on 7.5 three-point attempts per game.<\/p>\n He joins a Kentucky team coming off a 22-14 record and seventh-place SEC finish. Leading scorer Otega Oweh is headed for the NBA Draft, while the team’s second-leading scorer, Denzel Aberdeen, transferred back to the Florida Gators<\/a>, who he played for from 2022-25.<\/p>\n The Wildcats also lost starting guard Collin Chandler and forward Mouhamed Dioubate \u2014 players who ranked third and fourth in scoring \u2014 to the transfer portal.<\/p>\n Momcilovic represents Pope’s biggest transfer portal signing since becoming Kentucky head coach. It’s been an active period entering a pivotal third season that could have ramifications on his future with the program.<\/p>\n He found a pair of potential starters from mid-majors, adding guard Alex Wilkins, who averaged 17.8 points and 4.7 assists last season at Furman<\/a>, and former Old Dominion<\/a> forward Justin McBride, a 6-foot-8 40 percent shooter from deep who averaged 15.3 points per game.<\/p>\n Kentucky also raided the northwest, adding guard Jerone Morton, a Kentucky native who shot 38.8 percent from deep last season with the Washington State Cougars<\/a>. The Wildcats signed guard Zoom Diallo after averaging 15.7 points and 4.5 assists at Washington<\/a>, along with his teammate Franck Kepnang.<\/p>\n Those moves provided Kentucky valuable scoring and ball-handling options, but none move the needle like Momcilovic, who CBS college basketball insider Jon Rothstein noted gives the Wildcats “major promise” heading into 2026-27.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nMilan Momcilovic signing a major transfer portal win for Mark Pope<\/h2>\n