Another week of activity in the NCAA men’s basketball transfer portal saw plenty of news concerning the Kentucky Wildcats.

A pair of players from the 2022-23 Wildcats’ team will be playing elsewhere next season after announcing their intentions to transfer away from Lexington, while the Cats host a recruiting visit for the most coveted player currently in the transfer portal.

UK head coach John Calipari and his coaching staff spent the first couple days of the weekend in Atlanta and Iowa, respectively, for a live recruiting period, which gave UK coaches the chance to evaluate top 2024, 2025 and 2026 high school basketball recruits on the shoe circuits.

But as has become the norm now in college basketball, their focus then shifted right back to the transfer portal.

Here’s what you need to know with UK and the NCAA transfer portal.

CJ Fredrick to leave Kentucky for final college season

Two injury-plagued seasons at Kentucky for guard CJ Fredrick proved to be enough.

On Friday, Fredrick announced that he would enter the NCAA transfer portal in the hope of finding a new college to close his career.

Fredrick’s arrival at Kentucky in May 2021 was a full-circle moment for him: A native of Cincinnati, Fredrick was a high school star in the commonwealth at Covington Catholic. He won a state championship at the school and was the MVP of the Sweet 16 state tournament as a senior.

Fredrick began his college career at Iowa, where he sat out his first season due to injury before emerging as a knockdown three-point shooter as a redshirt freshman.

A transfer to Kentucky followed, as did a torn hamstring that sidelined him for the entire 2021-22 season.

A variety of injuries then derailed what was a strong start for Fredrick in the 2022-23 season, which will go down as his only, on-court season with the Wildcats.

Fredrick averaged 6.1 points in 22.2 minutes per game with 15 starts in 27 appearances last season, while shooting 31.8 percent from three-point range.

On Monday, Fredrick announced he would be heading home to Cincinnati to finish his college career.