Aaron Harrison is know for hitting some of the biggest shots for Kentucky and in college basketball history during his career. Now, he will officially be returning to the court this summer in Lexington.
The Wildcats have already fielded a high-level team of former players called ‘La Familia’ for The Basketball Tournament. That roster now includes Harrison who, as of this morning, joined them, which also means playing together again with Andrew Harrison, his identical twin brother.
Harrison is one of the final additions to this summer’s team of UK alumni for the TBT. The team features both Harrison twins along with Eric Bledsoe, Doron Lamb, Reid Travis, Willie Cauley-Stein, Marquis Teague, Kellan Grady, Daniel Orton, James Young, and Nate Sestina. There are also familiar faces in management and coaching with Tyler Ulis as the head coach, Jon Hood as an assistant, Twany Beckham as the GM, Sam Malone as the assistant GM, and Darius Miller as Director of Player Personnel.
Harrison played with Cauley-Stein, Young, and Ulis along with his brother in college.
Again, Harrison is beloved for what he did during his collegiate career, specifically in the NCAA Tournament. He averaged 12.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 1.1 steals in 78 games over two seasons at Kentucky. Those pair of years were two of the best under John Calipari where they went 67-12, with one of those being the 38-1 finish in 2015, and made a pair of Final Fours, including a runner-up finish in 2014.
However, the Wildcats were arguably only playing for a national title in 2014 due to Harrison’s heroics. After promising “a great story” after underachieving in the regular season, that team got going in the postseason as they made the SEC Championship and knocked off an undefeated, No. 1-seeded Wichita State in the bracket. From there, Harrison would become a legend in the bluegrass and the sport with three game-clinching or winnings shots against Louisville in the Sweet 16, Michigan in the Elite Eight, and then Wisconsin in the Final Four.
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