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Kentucky’s 2024-25 Roster: Freshman Jordan Burks, the Lone Wildcat on Scholarship, Enters Transfer Portal

Kentucky’s 2024-25 Roster: Freshman Jordan Burks, the Lone Wildcat on Scholarship, Enters Transfer Portal

With Kentucky star freshman Reed Sheppard declaring for the NBA Draft and Joey Hart transferring to Ball State on Thursday, new coach Mark Pope will be facing a roster with limited returning experience for the 2024-25 season. The Wildcats’ recruiting class took a hit when four-star guard Billy Richmond decommitted, but they gained a commitment…

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Mark Pope, former player on Kentucky’s 1995-96 national title team and BYU coach, takes over as head coach following John Calipari

Mark Pope, former player on Kentucky’s 1995-96 national title team and BYU coach, takes over as head coach following John Calipari

Kentucky has hired BYU coach Mark Pope to become its next men’s basketball coach, the school announced Friday. Pope and Kentucky quickly engaged on Thursday in the hours after Baylor’s Scott Drew and UConn’s Dan Hurley both turned down Kentucky’s overtures. Pope was offered a five-year deal at an average of $5.5 million per season,…

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The final Frosh Watch rankings of the 2023-24 college basketball season are here. With Selection Sunday less than five days away, most players on this list will play a critical role in deciding their respective teams’ postseason fates. Kentucky’s Reed Sheppard wasn’t even included in the first edition of these rankings back in November. As…

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — For all the expectations Reed Sheppard has lived with since starting high school, it’s outlandish how easy he makes basketball look most of the time. How abnormal this all is, to witness a free-flowing, improvisational, sometimes-chaotic game come so naturally for a 19-year-old living in the fishbowl of Kentucky Basketball. A beloved…

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Getty Images Kentucky freshman center Zvonimir Ivišić gave Big Blue Nation a big boost to the Wildcats’ NCAA Tournament title hopes, turning in 13 points, five boards and a pair of assists in his collegiate debut, a 105-96 victory vs. Georgia at Rupp Arena on Saturday. Ivišić, a Croatian standout who previously played professionally in…

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It’s the final week of the year, and college basketball is about to transition from nonconference to conference mode. While the season’s first couple months have taught us some lessons about the contenders and pretenders in the sport, the jury still out on several programs and coaches. How about first-year Ole Miss coach Chris Beard?…

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