Kentucky Eyes St. John's Guard Sanon

0:00On April 23rd, Kentucky's got their starting back court locked in for the 2026-27 season with transfer Zoom dialo from Washington and Alex Wilkins from Furman. That's a solid duo at Guard, but Coach Mark Pope still needs some real depth behind them. Word is, they're eyeing St. John's Guard, Hassan Sonone, a six-foot 5-200-pound shooter who's drawing interest from big programs. St. John popped up on Radar's early as a top 30 high school prospect from the 2025 class. John Calipari recruited him hard at Kentucky, even hosted an unofficial visit in March 2024, but he went to Arizona State after. Reclassifying. Strong freshman year there, under Bobby Hurley, starting nine games and dropping 11.9 points per game on solid shooting. His numbers dipped at St. John's in the big east, averaging just 7.9 points in 20.9 minutes, starting 14 of. 37 games. Still showed flashes, like 12 perfect free throws in a lost to Kentucky and a 15.9 rebound game against

1:04the Paul. Made preseason all big east 13, but didn't quite deliver. On three ranks in 58th overall in the portal, 13th best shooting guard with two years of eligibility left. Shooting splits were rough, especially on layups and corners, and advanced metrics weren't kind, though we held up decently on defense. No visit set yet, but this could be Pope flipping the script on Rick Patino after that Donnie Freeman snack. Keep watching the space, as Kentucky builds out that bench, and San on picks his next spot to revive his game.