Nearly all of the 2024-25 Kentucky men’s basketball roster has moved into their new campus homes. Throughout the week, future Wildcats have been settling into the Wildcat Coal Lodge next to (a still being renovated) Memorial Coliseum as they prepare for the offseason in Lexington.
One of the players to make the trip this week was transfer center Brandon Garrison. As they’ve done for every ‘Cat, the men’s basketball social media account documented his arrival — and like the rest, he also understands the assignment that Mark Pope has been preaching.
“What’s up BBN, it’s Brandon Garrison here,” the Oklahoma State transfer said. “Just got all moved in and excited to be here. I understand the assignment.”
A rising sophomore, Garrison is considered to be the player with the highest NBA potential on Pope’s debut Kentucky roster. A former McDonald’s All-American, the 6-foot-11 big man averaged 7.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1.5 blocks in 22.7 minutes while shooting 57.2 percent for the Cowboys in 2023-24.
The remaining three pieces of the roster — transfers Jaxson Robinson, Amari Williams, and Koby Brea — expect to arrive at UK sometime next week.
With the arrival of the new team, most of the players have made a point to show off their new locker for the upcoming season. With that, we’ve learned of several jersey numbers.
On Friday, incoming freshman Travis Perry posted to Instagram that he’ll wear #11 (his high school number at Lyon County) while Fairleigh Dickinson transfer Ansley Almonor will rock #15 (for Carmelo Anthony).
Below are all of the Kentucky jersey numbers that we know of for the 2024-25 season.
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