RV/RV Louisville (10-2, 0-0) Vs. 16/15KENTUCKY
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(10-2, 0-0) vs. (9-2, 0-0) SCHEDULE RV/RV Louisville 16/15 KENTUCKY OVERALL: 9-2 | SEC: 0-0 Friday, Dec. 29 • 1 p.m. ET • Rupp Arena (23,000) • Lexington, Ky. Home: 8-0 | Away: 0-0 | Neutral: 1-2 October #ULvsUK • @KentuckyMBB Fri. 27 ^THOMAS MORE SEC W, 103-61 Mon. 30 ^MOREHEAD STATE1 - W, 92-67 Starters Last Game The Basics Series Breakdown November Overall - UK leads 34-16 Fri. 3 ^CENTRE COLLEGE SEC W, 106-63 in Lexington - UK leads 18-5 Fri. 10 UTAH VALLEY SEC W, 73-63 Quade Green Calipari vs. UL - 14-7 6-0 • 180 • Guard Padgett vs. UK - 0-0 Sun. 12 VERMONT ESPN W, 73-69 0 Philadelphia | Neumann-Goretti Current UK Streak - Lost 1 Tues. 14 #4/3 Kansas2 ESPN L, 65-61 Fri. 17 ETSU3 SEC W, 78-61 Season-high 21 points vs. ETSU | Averaging 10.2 points and 3.5 assists per game | John Calipari David Padgett Mon. 20 TROY3 SEC W, 70-62 Three or more assists in eight of 11 games | Four-time high school state champion Overall Record: 661-193 Overall Record: 10-2 Wed. 22 FORT WAYNE3 SEC W, 86-67 Record at UK: 258-55 Record at UL: 10-2 Sun. 26 UIC3 SEC W, 107-73 Overall Seasons: 26th Overall Seasons: First Hamidou Diallo At UK: Ninth At UL: First 6-5 • 198 • Guard December 3 Queens, N.Y. | Putnam Science Academy By the Numbers Sat. 2 HARVARD ESPN W, 79-70 Sat. 9 Monmouth4 ESPNU W, 93-76 Averaging 15.5 points and 4.6 rebounds a game | Scored 18 or more points in last five | Preseason watch list for Wooden, Naismith and Oscar Robertson Trophy awards UK all-time wins, NCAA Sat. 16 RV/RV VIRGINIA TECH ESPN2 W, 93-86 2,246 5 leader Sat. 23 UCLA CBS L, 83-75 Fri. 29 RV/RV LOUISVILLE CBS 1 p.m. Nick Richards 19.8 Diallo’s scoring average Sun. 31 GEORGIA* ESPN 6 p.m. 6-11 • 240 • Forward over last five games 4 Kingston, Jamaica | The Patrick School Average age of UK’s January 19.43 Wed. 3 at LSU* SEC 8:30 p.m. Breakout game with 25 points and 15 rebounds vs. Fort Wayne | Averaging 8.5 roster to start season points and team-high 6.5 rebounds | Leads team with 1.5 blocks per game Sat. 6 at Tennessee* SEC 9 p.m. 8-2 UK’s record vs. Louisville Tue. 9 TEXAS A&M* ESPN 7 p.m. under Coach Cal Sat. 13 at Vanderbilt* ESPN 4 p.m. Kevin Knox Tue. 16 at South Carolina* ESPN 9 p.m. 6-9 • 215 • Forward Sat. 20 FLORIDA* ESPN 8:15 p.m. 5 Tampa, Fla. | Tampa Catholic Tale of the Tape Tue. 23 MISSISSIPPI STATE* ESPN 9 p.m. 6 Leads team in scoring (15.7), 3-pointers (18) | Scored 20 or more points in four UK STAT UL Sat. 27 at West Virginia ESPN 4:30/7 p.m. games | Preseason watch list for Wooden, Naismith and Oscar Robertson Trophy 80.7 Points PG 78.8 Tue. 30 VANDERBILT* ESPN 9 p.m. 70.5 Opp. Points PG 64.6 39.7 Rebounds PG 40.5 February PJ Washington 16.4 13.5 Sat. 3 at Missouri* CBS 2 p.m. 6-7 • 236 • Forward Assists PG 6.0 Blocks PG 8.4 Tue. 6 TENNESSEE* ESPN 7 p.m. 25 Dallas | Findlay Prep 6.7 Steals PG 7.6 Sat. 10 at Texas A&M* ESPN/2 4/6/8 p.m. Lost 15 pounds over a two-week period prior to Monmouth game | Scored a caer- .495 FG Pct. .457 Wed. 14 at Auburn* ESPN2 9 p.m. er-high 20 points vs. Monmouth | Karl Malone preseason watch list .360 3-Pt FG Pct. .358 Sat. 17 ALABAMA* CBS 2 p.m. .680 FT Pct. .754 Tue. 20 at Arkansas* ESPN 9 p.m. Need to Know Last Time Out .405 Opp. FG Pct. .376 Sat. 24 MISSOURI* ESPN/2 6/8 p.m. .323 Opp. 3-Pt FG Pct. .298 Wed. 28 OLE MISS* ESPN2 7 p.m. • With a win over UIC, John Calipari • Hamidou Diallo scored 18 points and earned his 700th on-court win as Wenyen Gabriel had a season-high LEADERS March a collegiate head coach. He is the 16, but UCLA outlasted UK by an 83- Points Per Game Sat. 3 at Florida* CBS Noon fourth-fastest coach to 700 wins UK - Kevin Knox (15.7) 75 margin in the CBS Sports Classic 7-117SEC Tournament SEC/ESPN TBA • Kentucky is a 8-2 against Louisville • It was the first loss in eight games for UL - Deng Adel (15.6) with John Calipari at the helm. The Rebounds Per Game UK and second on a neutral court UK - Nick Richards (6.5) All times Eastern | *SEC confernece game | HOME GAMES IN CAPS Cards snapped a four-game winning • The game featured eight lead chang- streak by the Cats with a win in 2016 UL - Ray Spalding (9.6) ^Exhibition | 1 Kentucky Cares Classic (Rupp Arena | Lexington, Ky.) | es and three ties Assists Per Game 2 3 • This UK team is considered the least • With UCLA ahead 26-21, Kentucky UK - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (4.2) Champions Classic (United Center | Chicago) | Adolph Rupp Classic experienced team in the history of 4 scored the next 13 points over 4:02 to UL - Quentin Snider (3.9) (Rupp Arena | Lexington, Ky.) | Citi Hoops Classic (Madison Square Ken Pomeroy’s experience rankings 5 go ahead 34-26 late in the first half Steals Per Game Garden | New York) | CBS Sports Classic (Smoothie King Arena| New • Kentucky is 39-8 in bounce back UK - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2.2) Orleans) | 6SEC/Big 12 Challenge (WVU Coliseum | Morgantown, games following a loss under Calipari. • UCLA closed the half on a 10-2 run UL - Ray Spalding (1.8) W.Va.) | 7SEC Tournament (Scottrade Center | St. Louis) UK has never lost three in a row with and scored the first eight points of Blocks Per Game Calipari at the helm the second half to take an 11-point UK - Nick Richards (1.5) • The Wildcats’ are scoring 60.8 per- lead UL - Anas Mahmoud (4.8) cent of their points from two-point • Kentucky trailed 23-69 at the un- 3-Pointers Broadcast Information UK - Kevin Knox (18) field goals. That’s the second-highest der-four media timeout with 2:56 to CBS UK SPORTS mark in the country. A mere 19.6 per- UL - Quentin Snider (19) play, but UK could get no closer than Field-Goal Percentage NETWORK cent of its points come from behind four points down the stretch UK - Nick Richards (.649) Spero Dedes, play-by-play the arc, ranked 348 out of 351 teams, • UCLA made a season-high 12 UL - Anas Mahmoud (.588) Bill Raftery, analyst according to kenpom.com Tom Leach, play-by-play 3-pointers Free-Throw Percentage Mike Pratt, analyst • Only Wenyen Gabriel saw action vs. • Kentucky attempted a season-high UK - Quade Green (.867) the Cards a season ago. He had two 68 field goals and 21 3-pointers UL - Darius Perry (.955) SATELLITE RADIO points and seven rebounds in 12 min- 3-Point Field-Goal Percentage utes • Diallo has scored 18 or more points UK - Wenyen Gabriel (.417) in five straight games UL - Jordan Nwora (.455) Sirius channel 83 | XM channel 83 | Internet channel 83 2017-18 Kentucky Men’s Basketball @KentuckyMBB TV CHART 0 GUARD 1 FORWARD 2 FOWARD 3 GUARD 4 FORWARD 5 FORWARD Quade Green Sacha Killeya-Jones Jarred Vanderbilt Hamidou Diallo Nick Richards Kevin Knox 6-0 | 180 | Freshman 6-10 | 221 | Sophomore 6-9 | 214 | Freshman 6-5 | 198 | RS-Freshman 6-11 | 240 | Freshman 6-9 | 215 | Freshman Philadelphia | Neumann-Goretti Chapel Hill, N.C. | Virginia Episcopal Houston | Victory Prep Queens, N.Y. |Putnam Science Acad. Kingston, Jamaica | The Patrick School Tampa, Fla. | Tampa Catholic @Q_Green1 @SKJ @JVando @hamidoudiallo @iamnickrichards @KevKnox @q_boogi @the_skj @jvando_ @hami.diallo @nickrichards_ @kknox_23 10 GUARD 12 GUARD 13 GUARD 14 FORWARD 22 GUARD 25 FORWARD Jonny David Brad Calipari Jemarl Baker Tai Wynyard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander PJ Washington 6-2 | 183 | Junior 6-0 | 176 | Sophomore 6-4 | 182 | Freshman 6-10 | 250 | RS-Sophomore 6-6 | 180 | Freshman 6-7 | 236 | Freshman Pittsburgh | Mt. Lebanon Franklin Lakes, N.J. | MacDuffie School Menifee, Calif. | Eleanor Roosevelt Auckland, New Zealand | Rangitoto College Hamilton, Canada | Hamilton Heights Dallas | Findlay Prep @JonnyDavid @bradcalipari @jemarlbakerjr @taiwynyard @shaigalex @PJWashington @jdavid010 @brad.calipari @_jeyb3 @taiwynyard @sav_shai2 @pj_washington JOHN CALIPARI KENNY PAYNE TONY BARBEE JOEL JUSTUS JOHN ROBIC 30 GUARD 32 FORWARD Head Coach Assoc. Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Special Asstistant Ninth season at UK Eighth season at UK Fourth season at UK Fourth season at UK Ninth season at UK Dillon Pulliam Wenyen Gabriel @UKCoachCalipari Fourth season as associate HC Third season as assistant Second season as assistant Second season as special asst. 6-3 | 195 | RS-Junior 6-9 | 205 | Sophomore @UKCoachCalipari Cynthiana, Ky. | Transylvania Univ. Manchester, N.H. | Wilbraham & Monson Acad. @dillonpulliam30 @WenyenGabriel Roster @dillon_pulliam @wenyengabriel ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (Previous School) Pronunciation Guide 13 Jemarl Baker G 6-4 182 Fr. Menifee, Calif. (Eleanor Roosevelt) 12 Brad Calipari G 6-0 176 So. Franklin Lakes, N.J. (MacDuffie School) 10 Jonny David G 6-2 183 Jr. Pittsburgh (Mt. Lebanon) JEMARL Baker (Jamal) 3 Hamidou Diallo G 6-5 198 RS Fr.