Ousmane N'Diaye has made it to campus as the last Wildcat to arrive

The gang is all here, BBN!

All 14 players on Kentucky’s 2026-27 roster have officially made it to campus. As of Sunday morning, we were only waiting on the arrival announcement of one Wildcat: international prospect Ousmane N’Diaye. But the 6-foot-11 native of the Senegal is now all moved in to his new home at the Wildcat Coal Lodge.

“Hello BBN, Ousmane here,” He said in UK’s video from Sunday afternoon. “I just moved onto campus and I’m pretty excited to meet everyone and get the work going. Fun fact about me, I’m a big soccer guy. I love soccer, and I can’t wait to go to the field and watch some soccer games here.”

Already 22 years old, N’Diaye recently wrapped up his professional season with Vanoli Cremona, which plays in Italy’s top league, the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). Across 28 games, he averaged 9.8 points and 6.8 rebounds in 27.2 minutes per outing while shooting 40.7 percent from the field and 30.5 percent from deep. He was one of five candidates for the league’s Best Under 22 award.

Ousmane checking in on campus. https://t.co/lZd0wqqX4p pic.twitter.com/vJrjqDTR7y

— Kentucky Men’s Basketball (@KentuckyMBB) June 7, 2026

Getting N’Diaye on campus sooner rather than later is no small note. Last offseason, Kentucky’s international commit, Andrija Jelavić, wasn’t able to arrive in Lexington until mid-August — well after the rest of his teammates, which set him back in terms of meshing with the roster and learning the college game. N’Diaye won’t have that issue when official practices begin Monday, June 15.

Now let’s get this man into the practice gym (and maybe to a soccer match, too).

Kentucky Basketball’s 2026-27 Roster

Player	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Class	Hometown	Former School	2025-26 Stats
Franck Kepnang	C	6-11	253	Sr.	Yaoundé, Cameroon	Washington	6.2 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 2.1 BPG
Jerone Morton	G	6-4	180	Sr.	Winchester, KY	Washington State	7.8 PPG, 2.6 APG
Justin McBride	F	6-7	240	Sr.	Plano, TX	James Madison	15.3 PPG, 5.6 RPG
Milan Momcilovic	F	6-8	225	Sr.	Pewaukee, WI	Iowa State	16.9 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 48.7% 3PT
Zoom Diallo	G	6-4	180	Jr.	Tacoma, WA	Washington	15.7 PPG, 4.5 APG, 3.9 RPG
Kam Williams	SG	6-8	205	Jr.	Lafayette, LA	Kentucky	6.0 PPG, 2.1 RPG
Trent Noah	SG	6-5	220	Jr.	Harlan, KY	Kentucky	3.0 PPG, 2.3 RPG
Reece Potter	C	7-1	230	R-Jr.	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	N/A (Redshirt)
Alex Wilkins	G	6-5	175	So.	Mattapan, MA	Furman	17.8 PPG, 4.7 APG, 2.0 RPG
Malachi Moreno	C	7-0	250	So.	Georgetown, KY	Kentucky	9.2 PPG, 7.4 RPG, 1.8 BPG
Braydon Hawthorne	SF	6-8	190	R-Fr.	Beckley, WV	Kentucky	N/A (Redshirt)
Mason Williams	PG	6-2	205	Fr.	Dallas, TX	Tennessee Collegiate Academy	Freshman
Zyon Hawthorne	CG	6-2	170	Fr.	Beckley, WV	Huntington Prep	Freshman
Ousmane N’Diaye	F/C	6-11	210	TBD	Dakar, Senegal	Vanoli Cremona (Italy)	Professional experience (Italy)