Coach Mark Pope has a few more roster spots to fill for the 2024-25 Kentucky basketball team. One thing he needs to add is some depth in the frontcourt, and a player in the transfer portal with ties to the coaching staff in Caleb Lohner could fit the bill.
Lohner was a top 40 recruit in the 2020 class, and signed with Pope’s old team, BYU. He played there for two seasons before transferring, and ended up at Baylor, playing under new Wildcats assistant Alvin Brooks III.
With BYU, Lohner was a bigger factor. He started 44 games in two seasons, and averaged seven points and seven rebounds per game. With Baylor, his role was diminished. In those two years, he didn’t make any starts, and averaged just three points and three rebounds.
Pope and Kentucky need players who can come off the bench and be effective, even if it’s in short stints. Lohner was a talented recruit who has been a solid rebounder. Will Kentucky make contact? That remains to be seen, but he’s a name to watch with all the connections to the Wildcats coaching staff.