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• KENTUCKY BASKETBALL UPGRADE

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After making 39% of his 195 attempts from deep last season for the Redbirds he looks like a day-one catch-and-shoot threat in this system.Southeastern Conference (SEC) Current head coach: John Calipari (2009-) The former Illinois State product went 14-of-27 (52%) from beyond the arc across four games, most among all UK players on the trip. The addition of transfer Antonio Reeves was among the more impactful on that front. That 38.1%, if expanded across the season, would be the best 3-point shooting team at Kentucky under John Calipari since 2010-11 - and would have ranked top-10 in that category last season in college hoops. the Dominican Republic in their first game 7-of-26 in their second game 15-of-30 in their third game and 7-of-23 in their final game. The Wildcats went 11-of-26 from 3-point range vs. Thus far that appears to be an area of noticeable improvement.

KENTUCKY BASKETBALL UPGRADE

(The last time UK ranked in the top 100 in team 3-point shooting percentage was the 2015-16 season.) After falling to Saint Peter's as a huge favorite in March Madness earlier this year while shooting 4-of-15 from deep, highlighting on-and-off struggles in that department all season, that was clearly a priority to upgrade on as a team via the portal, recruiting and development. It's pretty wild to think that Kentucky, the team that can basically hand-pick its roster every season because of its prowess on the recruiting trail and via the transfer portal, ranked 101st in 3-point shooting percentage last season, 172nd the season before and 115th the season before that. This bunch - a strong mix of young and old - appears to be a more cohesive unit on the whole with shooters to surround Sahvir Wheeler, multiple freshmen with lottery talent and seasoned vets - both by UK standards and by traditional college standards - whose games appear on the rise at just the right time.īelow are five key takeaways from what I saw from their overseas trip. It's not just reigning Naismith National Player of the Year winner Oscar Tshiebwe who is fueling optimism around Lexington, either. Game 4: Kentucky 98, Bahamas National Select Team 74 ( Stats) Game 3: Kentucky 118, Carleton University 56 ( Stats) Game 2: Kentucky 102, Tec de Monterrey 40 ( Stats) Game 1: Kentucky 108, Dominican Republic Select Team 56 ( Stats) Here are the results of the four games in the Bahamas: And five months removed from a soul-crushing loss to NCAA Tournament darling Saint Peter's, this team appears more balanced, and by extension potentially more lethal, as it prepares for the upcoming season. The blowouts and the competition level weren't exactly what the 'Cats will face in the SEC, or even in their nonconference schedule - especially with Michigan State, UCLA, Michigan and Gonzaga looming as big ticket out-of-league showdowns - but it was the first and most thorough look at this iteration of the roster.

Kentucky's men's basketball team spent the last week in the Bahamas for four tuneup summer games and dominated its competition in paradise, scoring at least 98 points against each of its opponents and winning (albeit over inferior competition - but still!) on average by 50 (!!!) points per game.