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Kentucky Guard Jaland Lowe Expecting To Enter Transfer Portal, Has Ties To Lucas Family

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Former ACC point guard Jaland Lowe announced yesterday morning that he plans to enter the transfer portal after spending one season at Kentucky.

Lowe has ties to the Miami Hurricanes staff. His godfather is John Lucas, the father of Hurricanes head coach Jai Lucas.

Lowe had an up-and-down year with Kentucky, dealing with a shoulder injury suffered before the 2025–26 season. He played in just nine games, averaging 8.0 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 2.4 assists in 18 minutes per game, while...

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He was good at Pitt. If anyone can return him to form it's Jai. But I think there will be better options.
 
KeystoneCane said:
Better than you guys are giving him credit for - 3rd team All ACC as a sophomore.
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Is calling him a volume scorer with bad shooting percentages an unfair comment to make?

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I watched UK play quite a few games last year. And after every game I called my brother in law, who played at UK in the ‘80’s, and said the same thing, “they need a point guard”.
I would not touch a PG off that UK team with a 10 foot pole. UK effectively played without a PG, and it completely limited their team and forced a shooting guard/small forward, Otega Oweh, to have PG responsibilities. And it ended poorly and predictably.

UK’s entire portal class was a disaster. This young man has been pushed off their team. We should not be collecting scraps off the cutting room floor.
 
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