2024 NBA draft: Matas Buzelis, Bronny James among players to watch It’s not too early to keep an eye on some big names a year ahead of selections. Sports Illustrated · Jun 27, 2023
Kentucky basketball finally lands a player from NCAA transfer portal at a key position After an offseason full of shortcomings from a roster construction standpoint, next season’s Kentucky men’s basketball team is finally becoming clear. Tribune News Service · Jun 26, 2023
Kentucky Looks Like a Contender With Addition of Tre Mitchell After a tumultuous spring on the recruiting trail, John Calipari's late roster moves could finally bring the Wildcats back to the contending conversation. Sports Illustrated · Jun 26, 2023
John Clay: Kentucky basketball is all-in on freshmen and the reason has nothing to do with NIL LEXINGTON, Ky. — John Calipari has added two more players to his Kentucky basketball roster. A three-star forward from Florida, Jordan Burks committed to the Wildcats on June 12. A three-star guard from Indiana, Joey Hart signed on over the weekend. Tribune News Service · Jun 21, 2023
For once, Kentucky basketball won’t start the season with sky-high expectations No matter what kind of roster John Calipari has trotted out on opening night of the previous 14 seasons as Kentucky’s coach, his Wildcats have always started out projected to be among the elite teams in college basketball. Tribune News Service · Jun 14, 2023
John Clay: For Kentucky basketball, the pros and cons of Oscar Tshiebwe’s NBA decision LEXINGTON, Ky. — At a Kentucky basketball road game this past season, I sat next to a former NBA front office executive. After discussing Cason Wallace’s pro potential, I began a question about Oscar Tshiebwe only to be shut down in a hurry. Tribune News Service · May 21, 2023
Mark Story: John Calipari is performing a high-wire act with the 2023-24 Kentucky roster. Will it pay off? LEXINGTON, Ky. — We are inside two weeks to go until the May 31 deadline for men’s college hoops stars to remove their names from the 2023 NBA draft and lock in a return to college basketball. As things presently stand, this is what we know about the 2023-24 Kentucky… Tribune News Service · May 18, 2023
John Clay: As for Kentucky basketball’s future roster construction, pardon the mess LEXINGTON, Ky. — For college basketball, these days the offseason is the big season, the time when players come and go, when rosters need either an “Under Construction” or “Pardon Our Mess” sign. Or both. Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2023
Men’s College Basketball’s Top 10 Offseason Story Lines Can John Calipari rebuild his reputation with the nation’s top recruiting class? Where will Hunter Dickinson end up? Sports Illustrated · Apr 18, 2023
Mark Story: Why a big change in John Calipari’s philosophy has not paid off for Kentucky When the 2023-24 season tips off, Kentucky and John Calipari are expected to be moving against one of men’s college basketball’s prevailing tides. Tribune News Service · Apr 18, 2023
John Clay: Why Ugonna Onyenso’s rapid return is the best thing to happen to Kentucky basketball On April 5, news broke that Ugonna Onyenso, Kentucky basketball’s 6-foot-11 sophomore-to-be, was entering the transfer portal. Tribune News Service · Apr 17, 2023
Kentucky’s Chris Livingston says he will enter NBA draft: 'It’s only up from here' LEXINGTON, Ky. — The first decision of Chris Livingston’s offseason has been made. Tribune News Service · Apr 13, 2023
Oscar Tshiebwe declares for the NBA draft. But he could still come back to Kentucky. LEXINGTON, Ky. — One of the most decorated Kentucky basketball players in recent memory might be leaving the Wildcats’ program after two seasons in Lexington. But he has left the door open for a return to Lexington. Tribune News Service · Apr 8, 2023
Mark Story: If you think Calipari had a tough year, check out the coaches mentioned to replace him For John Calipari, 2022-23 did not yield stellar outcomes. Kentucky men’s basketball finished 22-12. UK did not win either the SEC regular-season or tournament championship, and it has won only one of each over the past six years. The Wildcats did not make it out of the first weekend of… Tribune News Service · Apr 3, 2023
Tribune News Service · Apr 1, 2023 Cason Wallace declares for NBA draft. What’s next for Kentucky at the point guard spot? LEXINGTON, Ky. — As expected, Cason Wallace’s first season as a Kentucky Wildcat will be his last.
Tribune News Service · Mar 28, 2023 John Clay: Can Kentucky basketball’s top recruiting class win a title? Not without some help. It is true that Kentucky basketball boasts the No. 1 recruiting class for the 2023-24 season.
Tribune News Service · Mar 26, 2023 Five big questions for Kentucky basketball (and John Calipari) as the offseason begins LEXINGTON, Ky. — A pattern is developing for the Kentucky basketball program, and it’s not pretty.
Tribune News Service · Mar 25, 2023 The biggest decision of the Kentucky basketball offseason could reshape the next Wildcats roster LEXINGTON, Ky. — Their final game finished and Kentucky’s basketball season officially done, the Wildcats filed off the court in Greensboro Coliseum on Sunday afternoon. The last Cat to leave the playing surface was freshman Chris Livingston, his head down, and UK assistant coach Chin Coleman walking alongside with a…
Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2023 Mark Story: For Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe, decision on what to do next is complicated It seems likely that Oscar Tshiebwe has played his final game for the Kentucky Wildcats.
Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2023 Who is Markquis Nowell? Three things to know about Kansas State’s star point guard. Fans of Kansas State basketball — and those following other Big 12 squads — have long known about Markquis Nowell, the undersized (more on that in a second) point guard who has taken a major leap in his second season with the Wildcats.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 21, 2023 Calipari Apologized to K-State Player for Calling Him ‘Little Guy’ The Kentucky coach received some backlash for the nickname he used in reference to Markquis Nowell.
Tribune News Service · Mar 21, 2023 John Clay: Kentucky fans are right to have high expectations. John Calipari isn’t meeting them. When asked by the national media, or from someone outside the Bluegrass, the question always comes with a smirk.
Tribune News Service · Mar 20, 2023 Mark Story: 7 things you need to know from UK’s season-ending 75-69 loss to Kansas State Seven things you need to know from No. 6 seed Kentucky’s 75-69 loss to No. 3 seed Kansas State in the men’s NCAA Tournament’s East Region round of 32 at Greensboro Coliseum in North Carolina:
USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 19, 2023 John Calipari rudely referred to Kansas State’s Markquis Nowell as ‘little kid’ after he torched Kentucky John Calipari might want to apologize for this rude verbal gaffe after Kentucky lost to Kansas State.
Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2023 John Clay: Saint Peter’s flashbacks linger as Kentucky basketball begins NCAA Tournament play LEXINGTON, Ky. — One year ago in an elevator at the Hyatt Place Hotel in Indianapolis, Mark Story and I were debating whether what he had just witnessed — No. 2 seed Kentucky’s shocking loss to No. 15 seed Saint Peter’s — qualified as the worst NCAA Tournament defeat in…