Former Kentucky player Mouhamed Dioubate makes his transfer portal commitment
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- Former Kentucky basketball player Mouhamed Dioubate commits from the NCAA transfer portal.
- Dioubate will play the 2026-27 season at LSU.
- Dioubate is a junior forward who previously played for Alabama and UK.
Another member of the 2025-26 Kentucky basketball team has chosen their new college home.
On Monday, UK junior forward Mouhamed Dioubate committed to LSU out of the NCAA transfer portal, he announced on his Instagram page.
Dioubate will finish his college career in the SEC, where he’s spent all of it.
He played just one season with Mark Pope’s program in Lexington. Dioubate began his college basketball career with two seasons at Alabama, before transferring to the Wildcats during the 2025 offseason.
Dioubate had been a key bench player for the Crimson Tide, and the hope was that he could expand his offensive profile and role at Kentucky. That didn’t quite pan out.
Known as a physical player, Dioubate averaged 8.8 points and 5.5 rebounds in 21.6 minutes per game for the Wildcats this past season. He connected on just 21.4% of his 3-point tries, making just six of 28 attempts from deep.
Dioubate started in 10 of his first 11 appearances at UK, but he had to navigate an early-season ankle injury. Dioubate was replaced in Kentucky’s starting lineup by sophomore forward Andrija Jelavic in January.
Jelavic has also left UK this offseason via the transfer portal.
One of Dioubate’s most productive performances for Kentucky came at the end of the season. Dioubate had 17 points, eight rebounds and three blocks in a season-high 32 minutes as the Wildcats overcame Santa Clara in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Dioubate has one season of NCAA eligibility left.
LSU is under new management for the 2026-27 season. The Tigers have hired former head coach Will Wade to lead the program once again. Wade was LSU’s head coach from 2017 to 2022. He then coached at McNeese State (2023-25) and North Carolina State (2025-26), prior to his return to Baton Rouge.
Dioubate is the first player to commit to Wade’s LSU program from the transfer portal this offseason.
Seven players from Kentucky’s 2025-26 team have entered the transfer portal this offseason. Dioubate is the final player from this group to commit to a new school from the portal.
He’s joined by senior guard Denzel Aberdeen (Florida), sophomore guard Collin Chandler (BYU), sophomore forward Andrija Jelavic (Ohio State), freshman guard Jasper Johnson (Oregon), junior guard Jaland Lowe (Georgetown) and junior forward Brandon Garrison (Alabama).
This story was originally published April 20, 2026 at 9:02 PM.
