With Kentucky star freshman Reed Sheppard declaring for the NBA Draft and Joey Hart transfering to Ball State on Thursday, new coach Mark Pope won’t have much experience returning from last season on the 2024-25 roster.

Earlier this week, four-star guard Billy Richmond decommitted from the Wildcats’ once-heralded recruiting class a few hours after four-star guard and former BYU signee Collin Chandler committed to the Wildcats and became the program’s first commitment under Pope. The 6-foot-4 guard ranked as a top-40 prospect in the Class of 2022 before spending two years on a Mormon mission. This upcoming season will mark his freshman year.

Chandler’s commitment comes after several members of UK’s 2024 recruiting class re-opened their recruitments following the departure of coach John Calipari for Arkansas.  Travis Perry remain committed to UK, but four top-50 prospects formerly pledged to the Wildcats are now on track to play elsewhere next season.

Pope, who spent the past five seasons as BYU’s coach, played at UK under Rick Pitino from 1994 to 1996 and was a key part of the program’s 1996 national title run. With most of Kentucky’s 2023-24 roster either out of eligibility, in the transfer portal or headed to the NBA Draft, his first order of business is building a roster for next season.

CBS Sports is tracking the status of the Kentucky roster and recruiting class in real time. Here’s where every current UK player and commit currently stand.

Kentucky underclassmen

Brennan Canada

GP: 5 | GS: 0 | PPG: 0 | RPG: 0.4

Canada appeared in 25 total games over his five-year career with Kentucky. He made five appearances this season.

Kareem Watkins

GP: 6 | GS: 1 | PPG: 0 | RPG: 0.2

Watkins has appeared in 20 games over the last four seasons with Kentucky. He made six appearances this season.

Walker Horn

GP: 4 | GS: 0 | PPG: 0 | RPG: 0

Horn has made eight appearances over the last two seasons for Kentucky.

Grant Darbyshire

GP: 4 | GS: 0 | PPG: 0 | RPG: 0

Darbyshire made four appearances for Kentucky this season.

Kentucky players not expected to return

Reed Sheppard (Declared for NBA Draft)

GP: 33 | GS: 5 | PPG: 12.5 | RPG: 4.1

Sheppard was named CBS Sports Freshman of the Year after putting up one of the most efficient stat lines in the country. Sheppard made only five starts in 33 games but had an impact whenever he stepped onto the court. Sheppard finished the season shooting 53.6% from the floor, 51.1% on 3-pointers (on 4.4 attempts), and 83.1% from the charity stripe. Sheppard finished five steals shy (82) of breaking the single-season record set by Rajon Rondo during the 2004-05 season. On Thursday, Sheppard officially declared for the NBA Draft.

Zvonimir Ivišić (Transferring to Arkansas)

GP: 15 | GS: 0 | PPG: 5.5 | RPG: 3.3

While Ivišić didn’t play a ton during his freshman season, he definitely made an impact when he played. Hours after he was ruled eligible by the NCAA on Jan. 20, Ivišić recorded 13 points, five rebounds, and a pair of assists in his collegiate debut.

Days after Ivišić entered the transfer portal, he announced he would follow Calipari and had committed to Arkansas.

Ugonna Onyenso (Declared for NBA Draft)

GP: 24 | GS: 14 | PPG: 3.6 | RPG: 4.8

The top shot-blocker on last season’s Kentucky team averaged 18.6 minutes per night. Onyenso made 14 starts after playing less than seven minutes as a freshman the year before, but has declared for the NBA Draft.

D.J. Wagner (In transfer portal)

GP: 29 | GS: 28 | PPG: 9.9 | RPG: 1.9

Within a few days after Calipari’s departurem, his hiring at Arkansas and Pope’s arriving at UK, Wagner entered the transfer portal.

Wagner ranked as the No. 6 player coming out of high school and was one of the prized recruits from his class. The Wagner family has deep ties to Calipari, as D.J.’s father, Dajuan Wagner, played for Calipari when he was the coach at Memphis.