Mark Pope is scouring the planet for another roster addition + Otega Oweh update | Sources Say

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🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Just when it appeared the offseason was over, Mark Pope decided to throw a nice little curveball by confirming Kentucky is, in fact, looking to add not one, but multiple pieces to close out the 2025-26 roster. The catch? None are expected to be difference-makers this season, the Wildcats pushing for a redshirt signing or two, maybe a portal player with one year of eligibility remaining looking to live out the dream in Lexington? One way or another, the UK head coach says he’s looking all over the world to find the perfect fits to wrap things up. Elsewhere, how about some Otega Oweh news? That’s included in the conversation, Pope sharing a BIG-TIME update on the star guard currently testing the draft waters. Also, Travis Perry is still portaling (and there is speculation he may be cashing out at his next stop, potentially earning starter-level minutes). How that makes Kentucky’s final roster push interesting.

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0:00.0	Welcome in to the Sources a podcast, your go-to Kentucky basketball podcast on the KSR podcast network presented by our friends at Club Blue.
0:16.8	Club Blue is the official collective partner of the University of Kentucky.
0:19.9	I am your host, Jack Pilgrim of Kentucky Sports Radio.
0:22.5	Very excited to be joined once again by Sean Smith.
0:25.4	Sean, how the heck are you, buddy?
0:27.2	I am doing well, Jack Pilgrim.
0:28.9	How are you?
0:30.0	I've never been better.
0:31.5	I'll be honest.
0:32.8	Vives are just so, so good.
0:36.1	And I think our vibes are maybe for different reasons, but for comparable reasons,
0:41.7	because we're both flying to California this week.
0:45.6	I am leaving tomorrow morning.
0:47.9	I am packing up at 6 o'clock in the morning, driving up to Cincinnati for the 9-ish
0:54.0	a.m. flight or whatever to San Diego.
0:56.2	I'm taking Little Man to the zoo and the Safari Park and SeaWorld and all that nonsense. It's going to be a really good time. I am just could not be more desperate for just a reset, just a break after, you know, basketball season, March madness,
1:13.1	SEC tournament, portal madness, draft decisions, in-out portal. I'm just, I'm, I need a nice
1:22.0	little reset and it's coming. I leave in, what, 10 hours from right now.
1:28.3	So, yeah, we're very, very excited for that opportunity.
1:31.5	So I will be flying to California.
1:33.5	You will also be flying.
1:34.6	Tell the crowd why you will be flying to California.
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