Mark Pope and Kentucky have secured their third transfer portal commitment of the offseason. On Monday, Alabama transfer power forward Mouhamed Dioubate picked the Wildcats.

Dioubate, a Queens, New York native, who will have two seasons of eligibility to use at Kentucky, spent each of his first two college seasons at Alabama, playing for coach Nate Oats.

He will help bring much-needed physicality and athleticism to the Wildcats and is no stranger to playing in the fast-paced offense run by Pope at Kentucky as Alabama under Oats played at the quickest tempo in all of college basketball this past season.

Dioubate will become just the fifth in school history to play for Kentucky after transferring in directly from a conference rival, joining Sahvir Wheeler (Georgia), Maurice Bell (Alabama), George Zerfoss (Vanderbilt) and Twany Beckham (Mississippi State). 

Jaxson Robinson, who played for Kentucky this past season, spent time in the SEC at Texas A&M and Arkansas but came to UK from BYU along with Pope. 

Kentucky currently has two incoming transfers committed in Pittsburgh point guard Jaland Lowe and Tulane guard/forward Kam Williams.

Pope and the Wildcats are still on the market to add one or two more pieces via the portal, with another frontcourt player and sharpshooting shooting guard being the two biggest positions of need.

So far this offseason, Kerr Kriisa is the only 2024-25 Wildcat that has entered the transfer portal so far this offseason. Kriisa committed to Cincinnati Sunday.

Keep up with all Kentucky transfer portal news with CatsPause.com’s transfer portal tracker.

Here’s a close look at Dioubate’s prep career and initial college recruitment, his two seasons at Alabama and what those who know him best believe he will bring to Lexington.