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SCHEDULE (1-1, 0-0) at (2-1, 0-0) ETSU #7/4 KENTUCKY OVERALL: 2-1 | SEC: 0-0 Friday, Nov. 17 • 7 p.m. ET • Rupp Arena (23,000) • Lexington, Ky. Home: 2-0 | Away: 0-0 | Neutral: 0-1 October #ETSUvsUK • @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 4-0 Fri. 3 ^CENTRE COLLEGE SEC W, 106-63 In Lexington, Ky. - UK leads 3-0 Fri. 10 UTAH VALLEY SEC W, 73-63 Quade Green Calipari vs. ETSU - 3-0 6-0 • 180 • Guard Forbes vs. UK - 0-0 Sun. 12 VERMONT ESPN W, 73-69 0 Philadelphia | Neumann-Goretti Current UK Streak - won four Tues. 14 #4/3 Kansas2 ESPN L, 65-61 Fri. 17 ETSU3 SEC 7 p.m. Averaging 8.3 points and 2.3 assists per game | Has hit all eight of his foul shots John Calipari Steve Forbes Mon. 20 TROY3 SEC 8 p.m. this season | Four-time high school state champion Overall Record: 654-192 Overall Record: 182-55 Wed. 22 FORT WAYNE3 SEC 8 p.m. Record at UK: 251-54 Record at ETSU: 52-21 Sun. 26 UIC3 SEC 6 p.m. Overall Seasons: 26th Overall Seasons: Ninth Hamidou Diallo At UK: Ninth At ETSU: Third 6-5 • 198 • Guard December 3 Queens, N.Y. | Putnam Science Academy By the Numbers Sat. 2 HARVARD ESPN 3:30 p.m. Sat. 9 Monmouth4 ESPNU Noon Leads the team with 16.0 points per game | Dishing out 3.3 assists a game | Pre- season watch list for Wooden, Naismith and Oscar Robertson Trophy awards UK all-time wins, NCAA Sat. 16 VIRGINIA TECH ESPN2 2 p.m. 2,239 5 leader Sat. 23 UCLA CBS 4 p.m. Fri. 29 LOUISVILLE CBS 1 p.m. Nick Richards 92.6 Percent of scoring the Sun. 31 GEORGIA* ESPN 6 p.m. 6-11 • 240 • Forward Wildcats must replace 4 Kingston, Jamaica | The Patrick School Average age of UK’s January 19.43 Wed. 3 at LSU* SEC 8:30 p.m. Had 10 points, three rebounds and three blocks vs. Utah Valley | 2017 Mr. New roster Jersey Basketball | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar preseason watch list Sat. 6 at Tennessee* SEC 9 p.m. 4 Victories Calipari needs Tue. 9 TEXAS A&M* ESPN 7 p.m. for 700 on-court wins 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 Averaging 14.3 points and team-best 7.0 rebounds | Scored 20 vs. Kansas | Presea- UK STAT ETSU Sat. 27 at West Virginia ESPN 4:30/7 p.m. son watch list for Wooden, Naismith and Oscar Robertson Trophy awards 69.0 Points PG 69.5 Tue. 30 VANDERBILT* ESPN 9 p.m. 65.7 Opp. Points PG 71.0 37.7 Rebounds PG 43.5 February PJ Washington Sat. 3 at Missouri* CBS 2 p.m. 6-7 • 236 • Forward 15.3 Assists PG 11.0 7.3 4.0 Tue. 6 TENNESSEE* ESPN 7 p.m. Dallas | Findlay Prep Blocks PG 25 7.0 Steals PG 8.0 Sat. 10 at Texas A&M* ESPN/2 4/6/8 p.m. Had a double-double of 17 points and 10 boards vs. Vermont | Averaging 8.0 points .424 FG Pct. .400 Wed. 14 at Auburn* ESPN2 9 p.m. and 5.0 rebounds a game | Karl Malone preseason watch list .297 3-Pt FG Pct. .245 Sat. 17 ALABAMA* CBS 2 p.m. .719 FT Pct. .722 Tue. 20 at Arkansas* ESPN 9 p.m. Need to Know Last Time Out .401 Opp. FG Pct. .364 Sat. 24 MISSOURI* ESPN/2 6/8 p.m. .307 Opp. 3-Pt FG Pct. .242 Wed. 28 OLE MISS* ESPN2 7 p.m. • Kentucky was picked to win the SEC • Kentucky dropped its first game of regular-season title by the league’s the year with a four-point loss, 65-61, LEADERS March media members to No. 4/3 Kansas in the Champions Points Per Game Sat. 3 at Florida* CBS Noon UK - Hamidou Diallo (16.0) • Hamidou Diallo and Kevin Knox are Classic on Tuesday in Chicago 7-117SEC Tournament SEC/ESPN TBA on the preseason watch lists for the ETSU - Devontavius Payne (16.5) • PJ Washington, Hamidou Diallo and Rebounds Per Game three major national player of the Shai Gilgeous-Alexander all had three UK - Kevin Knox (7.0) All times Eastern | *SEC confernece game | HOME GAMES IN CAPS year awards: the Naismith Trophy, the or more assists in the game and UK ETSU - Desonta Bradford (8.5) ^Exhibition | 1 Kentucky Cares Classic (Rupp Arena | Lexington, Ky.) | Assists Per Game John R. Wooden Award and the Oscar has now had three or more players 2Champions Classic (United Center | Chicago) | 3Adolph Rupp Classic Robertson Trophy UK - Diallo/Gilgeous-Alexander (3.3) with 3 or more assists in all three (Rupp Arena | Lexington, Ky.) | 4Citi Hoops Classic (Madison Square • Calipari is four victories shy of 700 ETSU - Desonta Bradford (4.0) games Steals Per Game Garden | New York) | 5CBS Sports Classic (Smoothie King Arena| New on-court wins after winning the • After getting outrebounded by a UK - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (3.0) Orleans) | 6SEC/Big 12 Challenge (WVU Coliseum | Morgantown, season’s opening two games ETSU - Desonta Bradford (2.5) plus-11 margin in the first half, UK W.Va.) | 7SEC Tournament (Scottrade Center | St. Louis) • Kentucky’s freshman class is the No. Blocks Per Game reversed its fortune and held a plus- UK - Gabriel/Washington (1.7) 1 ranked recruiting class, and the 11 margin in the second half Recruiting Services Consensus Index ETSU - David Burrell (2.0) • Kentucky’s 39 boards in the game 3-Pointers Broadcast Information pegs it the best ever UK - Kevin Knox (5) were a season high SEC NETWORK UK SPORTS • The Wildcats returned just 7.4 per- • UK committed a season-high 18 turn- ETSU - Devontavius Payne (7) cent of their scoring and 23.4 percent Field-Goal Percentage NETWORK overs in which the Jayhawks turned of their rebounding from 2016-17 UK - Sacha Killeya-Jones (.636) Matt Stewart, play-by-play into 17 points Antoine Walker, analyst • Kentucky is 38-8 under Calipari in ETSU - Peter Jurkin (.667) Tom Leach, play-by-play • Kevin Knox led all scorers with 20 Free-Throw Percentage Tara Petrolino, sideline Mike Pratt, analyst games following a loss UK - Green/Gilgeous-Alexander (1.000) • UK is averaging 7.3 blocks per game. points ETSU - Payne/Long (1.000) SATELLITE RADIO Four different players have four or • Sacha Killeya-Jones had career-highs 3-Point Field-Goal Percentage more blocks on the year in rebounds (nine) and blocks (three) UK - Knox (.357) to go along with eight points ETSU - Williams (.625) Sirius channel 132, | XM channel 190 | Internet channel N/A 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 @The_SKJ @JVando_ @Diallo1Hamidou @iamnickrichards @kevin_knox23 @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 @JDavid010 @bradcalipari @_jeyb3 @WynyardTai @shaigalex @pjwashington_25 @jdavid010 @bradcalipari @_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. Queens, N.Y. (Putnam Science Academy) 32 Wenyen Gabriel F 6-9 205 So. Manchester, N.H. (Wilbraham & Monson Academy) HAMIDOU DIALLO (HA-muh-dew) (dee-AH-low) 22 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G 6-6 180 Fr. Hamilton, Canada (Hamilton Heights) 0 Quade Green G 6-0 180 Fr. Philadelphia (Neumann-Goretti) Brad/John CALIPARI (cal-uh-PEAR-ee) 1 Sacha Killeya-Jones F 6-10 221 So. Chapel Hill, N.C.