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The wild, wild west that is known as the NCAA Transfer Portal has finally settled.  Teams and rosters for the 2025-26 college basketball season are

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Dick Vitale ranks Top 5 winners of Transfer Portal ahead of 2025 College Basketball Season

Kentucky made a big splash in the Transfer Portal this offseason when it poached forward Mouhamed Dioubate from SEC-rival Alabama. As a pivotal

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Mo Dioubate describes putting on Kentucky gear for the first time: 'I felt like Fresh Prince'

Mo Dioubate made his way from one high-profile SEC program to another. Kentucky was able to land the former Alabama player out of the NCAA transfer

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Mo Dioubate jokes that his return to Alabama will not be fun

Mo Dioubate was seemingly a benefactor in the modern world of college basketball recruiting. Entering the NCAA transfer portal after a successful

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Mo Dioubate on being able to be paid in college: 'It's obviously a blessing'

Kentucky basketball and Alabama football have long been linked given their comparable international brand appeal, diehard fan bases and perpetual

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Mo Dioubate endorses comparison of Kentucky basketball and Alabama football

Mo Dioubate transferred from Alabama to Kentucky this offseason, and it hasn't taken long for the standout forward to notice differences between the

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Mo Dioubate reveals biggest style of play change at Kentucky from Alabama

Kentucky made a big splash in the Transfer Portal this offseason when it poached forward Mouhamed Dioubate from SEC-rival Alabama. As a pivotal

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Mo Dioubate explains what drew him to Kentucky

Alabama transfer Mo Dioubate is proud of his roots as a New Yorker, growing up in Queens and staying in the Northeast at Putnam Science Academy

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Mo Dioubate says friends and family are already asking for tickets to Champions Classic in NYC

Summer practices are underway for the 2025-26 Kentucky men's basketball team. But with so many new faces on the roster, what's going on outside of

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Mo Dioubate goes golfing just so he can drive the cart around

Kentucky fans are well aware of Mo Dioubate's skills on defense. Last season, Dioubate held Otega Oweh to just two points on 1-9 shooting in

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"We take pride in defense": Mo Dioubate sees grit, not gaps, on Kentucky's roster

The 2025-26 Kentucky men's basketball team hasn't even been together for three full weeks yet. And even then, one of them had to cut out early for a

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Mo Dioubate says a freshman has impressed him the most early into summer practices

Unlike Mark Pope's first year as head coach, Kentucky will have some returning pieces as he goes into year two.   Headlined by Otega Oweh, who turned

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Jaland Lowe stepping up as Kentucky's vocal leader: "He's a true point guard."

Mouhamed Dioubate started his career at Alabama, signing with the Crimson Tide as a top-100 prospect and consensus four-star out of New York. He

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How Hamidou Diallo helped Kentucky land Mo Dioubate

Mouhamed Dioubate spent two seasons playing elsewhere in the SEC. However, upon entering the transfer portal this spring, the opportunity to play for

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Mouhamed Dioubate: 'Kentucky's always been my dream school as a kid'

Mo Dioubate has played at the highest level of college basketball at the Final Four. It's the venue that kids dream of playing in. Right now,

Mo Dioubate Can't Believe He Gets To Play For His Dream School, Kentucky

Big Blue Nation is familiar with Mo Dioubate. We watched him clean the glass and score tough buckets three different times last season while wearing

Mo Dioubate drives the lane at a Kentucky summer basketball practice, via UK Athletics

Mark Pope is giving Mo Dioubate the Green Light

Mo Dioubate never received an offer from Kentucky during his high school recruitment. Growing up in the same hometown as former UK star Hamidou

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Mo Dioubate labels Kentucky 'dream school,' reveals similarities between UK, Alabama

We've now talked to all four core returning players from last year's Kentucky team. When asked about their new teammates, all four have said the same

More Kentucky Wildcats agree: "I'm definitely glad [Mo Dioubate] is on our side now"

Alabama forward Mohamed Dioubate surprisingly entered the Transfer Portal following the 2024/25 season and opted to stay in the SEC, joining

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Trent Noah on addition of Mouhamed Dioubate: 'I'm definitely glad he's on our side'

Mo Dioubate made life difficult for Kentucky last season. A sophomore at Alabama, the 6-foot-7 forward helped lead the Crimson Tide to a trio of

Alabama Crimson Tide forward Mouhamed Dioubate (10) drives to the basket against the Kentucky Wildcats Mar 14, 2025; Nashville, TN, USA; during the first half at Bridgestone Arena. Mandatory Credit: Steve Roberts-Imagn Images

Kentucky players happy to have Mo Dioubate on their side: "I didn't like playing against him."

In his first full offseason as the Kentucky head basketball coach, Mark Pope provided a masterclass in roster-building for Big Blue Nation.   On3

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Three-Point Shooting and Defense: What Advanced Stats Say About the 2025-26 Kentucky Basketball Team

It's safe to say that Kentucky head coach Mark Pope really likes his roster for the upcoming season.  Pope, who is heading into his second year on

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Mark Pope on potential roster movement: ‘I love our roster right now’

There have been a few times this offseason when we thought the Kentucky basketball roster was set. We were mistaken. Braydon Hawthorne and Reece

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Who's the Most Important Player on the 2025-26 Kentucky Basketball Team?

Kentucky fans got a good look at Mo Dioubate in Alabama's three wins over the Cats last season. The 6'7" 215 lbs. forward had eight points and eight

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Mark Sears compares Mo Dioubate to Dennis Rodman -- "A skilled Dennis Rodman"

On Friday night, tornadoes rampaged across the U.S. Midwest and South, leaving horrific wreckage in their wake. No state was left more devastated by

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