Otega Oweh - College Basketball News & Rumors

Scores 17 in exhibition Oweh provided a team-high 17 points (4-12 FG, 1-4 3Pt, 8-11 FT) in the exhibition loss to Georgetown on Thursday.

Impact The Wildcats struggled from the field and equaled Oweh's 33.3 percent from the field as a squad. The senior guard was one of three Wildcats to draft six fouls. Oweh scored in double digits in all but three games with enough non-scoring stats to be a nice fantasy factor. Look for the 6-4 to open the season with a strong game against Nicholls State on Tuesday.

OCTOBER 31, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

ESPN ranks 3 Kentucky stars among the top 100 college basketball players ESPN ranks Otega Oweh, Jayden Quaintance, and Jaland Lowe among the nation’s top players.

OCTOBER 24, 2025 • ASEAOFBLUE.COM

Otega Oweh has "no restrictions" coming back from injury Oweh seems healthy and is ready for a huge second season at Kentucky.

OCTOBER 16, 2025 • ASEAOFBLUE.COM

Otega Oweh returns to practice after missing over 2 months due to toe injury The senior guard’s return gives the Wildcats a nearly full roster heading into preseason action.

OCTOBER 14, 2025 • ASEAOFBLUE.COM

Otega Oweh returns to Kentucky Basketball in elite company The Wildcats are a national championship contender with him back on the roster.

OCTOBER 14, 2025 • ASEAOFBLUE.COM

Florida picked to win SEC, Kentucky's Oweh named Preseason Player of the Year

The defending national champion Florida Gators have been picked by the media to win the Southeastern Conference

OCTOBER 13, 2025 • Associated Press

Collects SEC preseason honors Oweh has been named the SEC preseason player of the year, per Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports.

Impact This comes as little surprise; though the SEC has no shortage of studs, Oweh is widely viewed as the conference's best player ahead of the 2025-2026 campaign. The 6-foot-4 guard from Newark, New Jersey is coming off a career year in Lexington, averaging 16.2 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.6 steals on 49/36/78 shooting splits. Set to run it back with Kentucky, Oweh once again finds himself of a loaded roster that should allow him to flourish as the two guard for Kentucky .

OCTOBER 13, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Otega Oweh 'loves' this Kentucky team Love to see it.

OCTOBER 10, 2025 • ASEAOFBLUE.COM

Ranking the 15 Best Shooting Guards in Men's College Basketball for 2025 Led by Kentucky’s Otega Oweh and BYU’s Richie Saunders, these scorers could elevate even further this season.

OCTOBER 7, 2025 • SI.COM

Dick Vitale with strong praise for Otega Oweh Oweh has a knack for coming through in the clutch.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2025 • ASEAOFBLUE.COM

Otega Oweh among Bart Torvik's top 20 scorers for the 2025-26 college basketball Kentucky guard Otega Oweh enters 2025-26 as a projected Top 20 scorer, set to lead the Wildcats.

AUGUST 28, 2025 • ASEAOFBLUE.COM

CBS Sports tabs Kentucky duo among nation's best Both Otega Oweh and Jaland Lowe earned spots in CBS Sports’ positional player rankings.

AUGUST 24, 2025 • ASEAOFBLUE.COM

Kentucky star Otega Oweh predicted to win SEC Player of the Year Last season, the SEC had a dominant year in college basketball, and many considered it to be the best conference in college basketball histo...

JULY 16, 2025 • SI.COM

Kentucky's Mark Pope reveals how star Otega Oweh left him in tears with career announcement | Sporting News Mark Pope shares that it was very emotional when Otega Oweh let him in on a big decision.

JUNE 9, 2025 • SPORTINGNEWS.COM

Deadspin | NBA Draft announcements: Tahaad Pettiford, Otega Oweh headed back to school Deadspin | NBA Draft announcements: Tahaad Pettiford, Otega Oweh headed back to school

MAY 29, 2025 • DEADSPIN.COM

Kentucky basketball's Otega Oweh withdraws from NBA draft, rejoins Mark Pope's Wildcats Otega Oweh, Kentucky basketball's leading scorer during the 2024-25 season, withdrew from the NBA draft and will be back in Lexington next s...

MAY 28, 2025 • COURIER-JOURNAL.COM

Withdraws from draft Oweh has decided to withdraw from the NBA Draft process and will return to Kentucky for the 2025-26 campaign, Daniel Hager of On3.com reports.

Impact Oweh tested the draft market after a highly productive season with Kentucky in his first season with the program. The 6-foot-4 guard will now look to run it back and have another strong campaign after averaging 16.2 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.6 steals on 28.3 minutes across 36 starts.

MAY 28, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Withdraws from draft Oweh has decided to withdraw from the NBA Draft process and will return to Kentucky for the 2025-26 campaign, Daniel Hager of On3.com reports.

MAY 28, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

What would it take for Kentucky star Otega Oweh to stay in the NBA Draft? Kentucky is awaiting one final piece to make the Wildcats' 2025-26 roster one of the best in the nation, and that piece is Otega Oweh, pulli...

MAY 8, 2025 • SI.COM

Testing pro waters Oweh has declared for the 2025 NBA Draft, Chris Fisher of 247Sports.com reports.

Impact Oweh was one of the best players for Kentucky in the 2024-25 season and had an impressive year, averaging 16.2 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.6 steals per game across 36 starts. He might garner some interest at the pro level, but he still has time to decide whether he'll stay in the draft or if he'll return to Kentucky for one more year.

APRIL 15, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Otega Oweh Reflects on His First Season at Kentucky Otega Oweh will have to make a tough decision on if he will want to return to college basketball for one more year or go to the NBA Draft.

MARCH 29, 2025 • SACBEE.COM

Tennessee meets Kentucky in Sweet 16 matchup

The No. 6 Tennessee Volunteers and No. 18 Kentucky Wildcats play in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16

MARCH 28, 2025 • Associated Press

Tennessee Volunteers play the Kentucky Wildcats in Sweet 16

The No. 6 Tennessee Volunteers and No. 18 Kentucky Wildcats play in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16

MARCH 27, 2025 • Associated Press

Lamont Butler has performed on Final Four stage before. He wants to get back there with a new school

Lamont Butler doesn’t want to settle for just one shining moment on a Final Four stage

MARCH 25, 2025 • Associated Press

Kentucky tops Illinois, makes first Sweet 16 since 2019 MILWAUKEE -- Kobe Brea had 23 points and Otega Oweh added 15 to pace third-seeded Kentucky to an 84-75 victory over No.6 Illinois in the sec...

MARCH 24, 2025 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM

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Florida picked to win SEC, Kentucky's Oweh named Preseason Player of the Year

Tennessee meets Kentucky in Sweet 16 matchup

Tennessee Volunteers play the Kentucky Wildcats in Sweet 16

Lamont Butler has performed on Final Four stage before. He wants to get back there with a new school