Mark Pope can make Kentucky the best scoring team in the SEC with a huge final pickup

I'm not usually a fan of the changes that NIL has brought to college basketball being put into action. Massive contracts and conflict with agents have, I think, made this sport worse from every angle, but that's a different story for a different day. If it has to happen, I want Kentucky to benefit from it.

And in the case of transfer wing Cade Tyson, Mark Pope and the Wildcats could be on the precipice of a legitimately season-changing opportunity. Tyson, currently short on eligibility, is among the group of players suing the NCAA in pursuit of a fifth year of hoops.

If he ends up being granted that fifth year, BigBlueDylan is already rumoring on X that Kentucky will take an interest in Tyson. This seems like a ways out with all of the legal complications still yet to come, but if the Cats get any sort of real shot at Tyson, they should absolutely swing for the fences.

Tyson on his own would've been a seismic pickup, but paired with the best three-point shooter in the sport in Milan Momcilovic? Kentucky would basically turn into a scoring giant in the SEC overnight, more so than the team already is.

Cade Tyson Makes Kentucky a Scoring Giant

The NCAA's recent 5-in-5 ruling declared that any outgoing players who have exhausted their eligibility will not be granted an extra year, as the strict five-year window opens for players in this coming season and beyond.

Denzel Aberdeen, who just transferred from Kentucky back to Florida, is another name amongst the fray seeking a fifth year. It's hard to tell how that whole shabang will pan out for any of those guys, but if Coach Pope is truly playing ball for Tyson, I selfishly hope he gets a chance to run it back.

In his senior season with the Minnesota Golden Gophers, Tyson averaged 19.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per contest in a team-leading effort that was, by far, a career-best. Tyson's 41.3% clip from range rounded out his dominant game, and that metric specifically is what makes him such a compelling fit in Lexington.

An Ideal Starting Five for Pope

Push Momcilovic to the four and go full stretch with the starting five. With Tyson hypothetically plugged in at the three, Kentucky could threaten (at the very least) from distance at positions 1-4. It's a dream outlook for Mark Pope's preferred system of scoring.

Could it actually happen? Well, between the need of confirmed interest from Kentucky and Tyson having to get another year in the first place, it doesn't look like the most likely outcome for the Cats' final roster spot at the moment.

But on my view, it's by far and away the most exciting. And if it's so much as slightly on the table, the money Kentucky apparently had on the table in pursuit of both Nikola Kusturica and Marcus Spears Jr. should be more than enough to make it happen.

Don't blame a man for dreaming, BBN.

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