Report: Utah State transfer Great Osobor no longer considering Kentucky

Utah State transfer Great Osobor is no longer considering Kentucky, according to Jeff Goodman of The Field of 68.

“The ‘Cats have a frontcourt trio of Amari Williams, Andrew Carr and Brandon Garrison,” Goodman wrote on Twitter. “Osobor visits Louisville today, then has visits set with Texas Tech and Washington.”

Osobor visited Kentucky over the weekend but according to Goodman, it looks like it won’t work out for the power forward.

Osobor entered the transfer portal on April 3 after spending two seasons Montana State and last year at Utah State. Having a breakout season last year with the Aggies where he averaged a career-high 17.7 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 2.8 assists, 1.4 blocks, and 1.3 steals per game this season.

Year after year Osobor’s production has increased, culminating in a standout season last year where he was named the Mountain West Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year, First-Team All-Mountain West, and an All-American Honorable Mention by the Associated Press. With Kentucky fans hoping the 6-foot-8 forward can continue to show his growth in a Wildcats uniform next season.

Osobor is from Bradford, England, playing prep hoops at Myerscough College Basketball Academy where he was an unranked, unrated recruit in the 2021 cycle according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

But after entering the transfer portal this offseason, Osobor was a four-star college prospect ranked as the No. 11 overall player and the No. 1 power forward available in the portal this offseason according to On3’s College Basketball Transfer Portal Top Player Rankings.

In his first interview on Kentucky Sports Radio, head Mark Pope said that the staff has 29 players on its “big board” of targets at the Joe Craft Center, proof that the net has been cast much wider than media or fans realize.

“Our big board, right now, we’re actually working with 29 guys that we’ve really, really zeroed in on,” Pope said. “Every time somebody breaks a bit in our direction or maybe fades a little bit out of our direction, we do more research and more reconnaissance and hear more information about guys and how they’re built.

“I’m elated with where we are right now. We’ve got a ton of work to do. We feel like we’re really close in a lot of areas.”

Kaiden Smith contributed to this story