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You remember where you were when Aaron Harrison hit the shots against Louisville, Michigan and Wisconsin. There’s a chance you may not remember much of what happened in the hours after, but you definitely know where you were and who you were with during Kentucky‘s magical March Madness run in 2014. It wasn’t just the shots, either. It was the build-up, t-shirts made going into the season with 40-0 aspirations after putting together the best recruiting class in history on paper, only to lose nine games in the regular season and fall out of the rankings entering postseason play. As confidence wa...
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When you think of the best days of the John Calipari era at Kentucky, Aaron Harrison is included at the very top of the list. Starting with the press conference commitment alongside his twin brother Andrew, through the highs and lows of the 2013-14 regular season, “It’s going to be a great story” after the South Carolina loss, an all-time postseason run to the national championship game, then returning for a sophomore campaign to help build one of the most dominant teams college basketball has ever seen, it’s a two-year journey we’ll all remember forever. That was peak Kentucky basketball. It’...
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We may be in the dog days of summer, but that doesn’t mean Kentucky basketball is slowing down anytime soon. With practices ramping up, draft leftovers and NBA Summer League coming and recruiting about to hit its peak, there is plenty to talk about here in July. We’ll touch on a little bit of everything tonight on 4-Point Play. This is why NIL can be awesomeRight when you think NIL has spun college sports out of control, a new story pops up to help you remember why it was necessary to begin with — this one coming right out of the Joe Craft Center. Oklahoma State transfer Brandon Garrison is fi...
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Former Kentucky standouts Jamal Murray ($209M), Immanuel Quickley ($175M), Bam Adebayo ($166M) and Malik Monk ($78M) combined for $628 million in total contracts to open free agency this offseason. Now, Tyrese Maxey has agreed to a five-year maximum extension worth $204 million to stay in Philadelphia, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. That brings the total to $832 million for former Wildcats in a 10-day stretch. Maxey’s max contract comes following a breakout season with the 76ers where he emerged as a go-to star alongside Joel Embiid, averaging a career-high 25.9 points per contest en ...
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It was a hectic week in the world of UK Athletics, starting with Mark Pope’s press conference on Tuesday, then the NBA Draft starting Wednesday with Rick Pitino spicing things up himself by coming on KSR early Thursday morning. Throw a few Kentucky basketball practices into the mix and you’ve found a way to stay as busy as imaginable during the dog days of summer. How about some early evening notes on a few leftovers here and there from such a wild week? I’m game if you are, coming right up on 4-Point Play. Plenty of threes taken (and made) in practiceHow is practice going to wrap up week two?...
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Justin Edwards will have to begin his NBA career as an undrafted free agent. The former Kentucky wing did not hear his name called during the second round of the 2024 NBA Draft on Thursday in New York. Edwards would have been the fourth Wildcat selected in this year’s two-day draft, but after 58 picks went by, he remained on the board. Reed Sheppard (No. 3 overall; Houston Rockets), Rob Dillingham (No. 8 overall; Minnesota Timberwolves), and Antonio Reeves (No. 47; New Orleans Pelicans) were the three Wildcats drafted. As for the next step, Edwards (along with fellow former Kentucky player Tre...
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Summer is the time whispers of early practice standouts emerge, guys who maybe flew under the radar before move-in quickly becoming names to keep an eye on as the season approaches. Reed Sheppard was the big one last year, arriving as a long-term core piece before word leaked out when workouts began that the kid from the 606 was a player. Then he became the No. 3 player in the 2024 NBA Draft. Who is it gonna be this time around? Any big-time surprises to watch carefully? Mark Pope doesn’t think so. In fact, he says everyone is playing exactly the way he hoped and anticipated. The first-year Ke...
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The Spurs were always a team to watch for Rob Dillingham, while the Pistons, Jazz, Bulls, Thunder and Heat emerged at various points throughout the process as interested franchises. He was rumored to be a player who could slide on draft night due to an ankle injury during the pre-draft process and limited workouts, but unlikely out of the lottery, maybe one spot out to Miami. That 5-15 range was comfortable for the dynamic scorer out of Kentucky. And then he went where most anticipated all along, selected by San Antonio with the No. 8 pick. Dreams of throwing lobs to Victory Wembanyama and kno...
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Time to start buying those Houston jerseys, Big Blue Nation — Reed Sheppard is a Rocket. During the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft on Wednesday night in Brooklyn, NY, Sheppard was selected with the 3rd overall pick by the Rockets. He is the first former Wildcat to hear his name called by Commissioner Adam Silver, becoming the 48th player drafted from Kentucky during the John Calipari era and the 149th overall player drafted in program history. As an unexpected one-and-done in Lexington during the 2023-24 season, Sheppard was named National Freshman of the Year and SEC Freshman of the Year w...
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Coach Cal won’t just be attending the 2024 NBA Draft, he’ll be showing up in style to support Reed Sheppard, Rob Dillingham, Justin Edwards and Antonio Reeves — Kentucky‘s four projected selections — in Brooklyn. In an afternoon catch-up with Pat McAfee on ESPN, John Calipari joked that he is going to be the best-dressed man at the Barclays Center. “I’m gonna wear chains and a wallet and a bracelet,” he said. “I’m coming — wait till you see the shoes! Oh my gosh.” Calipari was clearly joking, playing off McAfee’s push for him to show up “looking so clean” wearing a top hat and a monocle, decke...
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