Miami (OH) transfer Reece Potter has made his way to UK's campus

Move-in week continues for the 2025-26 Kentucky men’s basketball team.

Miami (OH) transfer Reece Potter is the latest Wildcat to arrive on campus, making his way back to his hometown of Lexington on Thursday. He was joined by another Bluegrass native, incoming freshman center Malachi Moreno, who also moved into his new home at the Wildcat Coal Lodge. Potter, who played for Lexington Catholic High School, spent his first two seasons with the RedHawks before transferring to Kentucky earlier in the offseason.

Potter and Moreno join the likes of Arizona State transfer Jayden Quaintance, Pitt transfer Jaland Lowe, and Florida transfer Denzel Aberdeen as players now on campus ahead of summer workouts. Most of the team is expected to join them over the coming days. That’s five players officially in with nine more to go.

Short trip for @ReecePotter18 and @malachimoreno24 who have arrived 👏 pic.twitter.com/RgzQRoGhPy

— Kentucky Men’s Basketball (@KentuckyMBB) June 5, 2025

Out of high school, Potter committed to Miami (OH) over offers from schools such as Xavier, St. Louis, Western Kentucky, Indiana State, and others. Across two seasons with the RedHawks, the 7-foot-1 big man appeared in 56 games, starting 11 of them. As a sophomore in 2024-25, he averaged 6.5 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 1.2 assists in 17 minutes per outing while shooting 46.6 percent from the field and 36.7 percent from deep.

Kentucky wasn’t the only school recruiting Potter once he hit the portal, though. North Carolina, Washington, Louisville, and UConn were among the big-name schools reaching out to him. But as a longtime fan of the Wildcats, his decision was easy from the moment Mark Pope gave him a call.

“Once Kentucky called me, it was like, ‘It’s time, I’m done talking to these people. Let’s get to the business,’” Potter told KSR last month.

And just a couple of months later, he’s now living out his dream of playing for the Kentucky Wildcats. Welcome back home, Reece.

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