Just over a week ago, Big Blue Nation found out that one of Kentucky WBB’s newest additions, Jordan Obi, was out indefinitely due to injury. While the specific injury wasn’t disclosed, it involves the lower leg, and Obi started rehab recently. Along with Obi, Dominika Paurová also sustained a lower leg injury in the offseason.

Not the start we wanted for the ‘Cats, but luckily, Obi has been paying very close attention to her team’s practices.

“Honestly, it’s been really cool watching everyone come together. Obviously everyone’s new to each other… but just being here and getting to learn,” Obi said on media day.

“I’ve never been injured,” she added. “This is uncharted territory for me. I think it’ll give me the ability to grow in mental fortitude. Obviously seeing the game from a different perspective, like the X’s and O’s part of it. I’ve always been in it, so now watching it is just different. I think I’ll be better for it.”

Obi transferred from Penn this past summer, using her fifth year of eligibility to compete for the ‘Cats. While Obi would be eligible for a medical redshirt, it doesn’t sound like that’s even a possibility in her mind. Obi said her recovery is still “up in the air.” She’s taking it day by day, but she’d love to get back on the court as soon as possible.

“I came here to be coached by Coach Brooks,” Obi said. “Being coached by him is an experience that is unlike… I came from the Ivy League, so it’s just super different.”

“The conditioning part is a notable jump, just the details, the little details. Buy yeah, again getting to play with the best, getting to be coached with the best. Being in the SEC, it’s super cool and not something that I really would’ve expected for my career. I’m super happy to be here.”

Here’s hoping the 2023-24 All-Ivy First Teamer makes it back to the hardwood sooner rather than later.

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In college basketball last season, the two best shooters were Reed Sheppard and Koby Brea. Mark Pope was able to land Brea in the transfer portal from Dayton, and he projects to be the nation’s top three-point shooter.

Issac Trotter of 247Sports projected the role for every Kentucky basketball player, and he believes Brea will likely be a starter for the Wildcats.

Many believe Brea will start as he will be the kickout option for this team, which should lead to the 6’6 shooter getting some good looks all season long.

This is what Trotter had to say about Brea’s role for the Wildcats, “Brea is a bit of a one-trick pony, but if you’re going to be good at something, might as well be a 99th-percentile shooter in the country. Brea is a special, special shooter who doesn’t need the ball in his hands to score. Brea is a career 43% 3-point shooter, and he shot 50% from downtown last year. His gravity is impossible to ignore, and you better find him in transition or he will make you pay. Plus, at 6-foot-6, he’s got great positional size and uses it to hunt down defensive rebounds. It’ll be a modern-day miracle if he attempts multiple 2s per game this season. It’ll all be 3-pointers.”

While Brea’s primary job will be to make threes, there is a world where he is able to score some inside the arc, contrary to Trotter’s belief. If Brea has another elite shooting season in Coach Pope’s system, it will be scary for the rest of college basketball.

The duo of Jaxson Robinson and Brea will be elite this season for the Wildcats, and these two will be some of the best shooters in the SEC and all of college basketball.

Mark Pope has made it very clear that he is going to try and land some of the best players in high school basketball on a year to year basis. He has the Wildcats in great position with some of the top players in the 2025 class so hopefully Kentucky will land some five-star talent.

One player that Kentucky has a chance with is five-star power forward Chris Cenac. The 6’10 power forward just cut his list of schools down to 12, including Kentucky, UConn, LSU, Auburn, Alabama, Baylor, Tennessee, Houston, Louisville, Texas, Arkansas, and Michigan State.

On On3, Cenac is listed as a top-five player in the 2025 class, so it will be a battle of the big dogs to land one of the best players in the class. During the month of July, Coach Pope and his staff made Cenac a priority at some of the camps and showcases.

Cenac is a player who is quickly shooting up the rankings and will likely be a top ten player in the composite rankings when it is all said and done.

The key now for Kentucky’s coaching staff is to get Cenac to Lexington for a visit. If they can get this elite forward in the 2025 class on campus for a visit that is when things will start to get real.

Knowing Cenac is still considering 12 schools, he likely isn’t near a decision, which means Coach Pope and his staff have time to build a relationship with the elite big man.