Boyle County junior Reese Smith knew that Kentucky coach Mark Stoops and UK secondary coach Dean Hood were planning on coming to see Boyle play at Lexington Catholic last week.
He was a rather late addition to the 2017-18 Kentucky basketball roster and thought his ability to make 3-point shots would be a perfect fit on coach John Calipari’s team.
Almost every at Media Day defense is something that John Calipari talks about and almost every year he hopes his team has what it takes to be special on defense like his best teams have always been.
Maybe he’s not as fast as past Kentucky point guards John Wall and DeAaron Fox because few players are. But just to have his speed compared to those two says a lot about Kentucky freshman guard Ashton Hagans.
After an 0-3 start, Kentucky has rebounded to get its record to 10-4 overall — including six straight wins — going into Wednesday night’s home match with Southeastern Conference rival Tennessee.
If he put the names of the six colleges he’s considering into a hat and drew out one name, Western Hills standout Wandale Robinson said he could live with the choice.
Ashton Hagans knew coming to Kentucky was the right decision for him. But if even had the smallest doubt, it went away when the Wildcats got ready for their exhibition games in the Bahamas.
By LARRY VAUGHT He’s receiving weekly Southeastern Conference awards and national attention. He’s climbing the NFL mock draft charts. Senior linebacker Josh Allen also has
By LARRY VAUGHT Junior college defensive back Brandin Echols knew he was going to commit to Kentucky before the Wildcats played then No. 14 Mississippi State. However, he also knew if UK beat Mississippi State it would just make telling UK coach Mark Stoops his decision even more exciting.
Sometimes I just totally forget just what an impact University of Kentucky athletes can have on children. I should know better, but at my age sometimes I need a reminder like the one I got from 9-year-old Braxton Riley of Crothersville, Ind.