Wheeler enters portal after 2 years at Kentucky

Kentucky guard Sahvir Wheeler went into the transfer portal Monday afternoon, becoming one of the most in-demand point guards on the transfer market.Wheeler began

43 games over the past two seasons for John Calipari, after spending the first two seasons of his college profession at Georgia. He was an essential player for Kentucky during the 2021-22 season, beginning nearly every game for a Wildcats group that earned a 2-seed in the NCAA competition. He averaged 10.1 points and 6.9 assists.This previous season, Wheeler shared the point player duties with five-star freshman Cason Wallace, however still balanced 9.5 points and 6.3 helps through the first 15 games of the season– while also shooting a career-best 38.5 %from 3-point range. Wheeler then suffered a shoulder injury that required him to miss a mid-January game versus Tennessee, before seeing his minutes vary the remainder of the month and then suffering an ankle injury in early February that shut him down for the remainder of the season.Prior to transferring to Kentucky, the 5-foot-10 point guard from Houston was an All-SEC selection and ranked 4th nationally in assists throughout his sophomore season at Georgia.He picked Kentucky over Kansas, LSU and Oklahoma State back in May 2021. Calipari and the Wildcats are generating the country’s No. 1 recruiting class,

a group that consists of elite playmaking guards D.J. Wagner and Robert Dillingham.Kentucky ended up 22-12 this season, losing in the second round of the NCAA competition to Kansas State.