SCHEDULE (2-0, 0-0) at (1-0, 0-0) #5/4 KENTUCKY #4/3 KANSAS OVERALL: 2-0 | SEC: 0-0 Tuesday, Nov. 14 • 9:30 p.m. ET • United Center (23,500) • Chicago Home: 2-0 | Away: 0-0 | Neutral: 0-0 October #UKvsKU • @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 22-8 Fri. 3 ^CENTRE COLLEGE SEC W, 106-63 At Neutral Sites - UK leads 8-1 Fri. 10 UTAH VALLEY SEC W, 73-63 Quade Green Calipari vs. Kansas - 3-5 6-0 • 180 • Guard Self vs. UK - 5-4 Sun. 12 VERMONT ESPN W, 73-69 0 Philadelphia | Neumann-Goretti Current UK Streak - lost two Tues. 14 #4/3 Kansas2 ESPN 9:30 p.m. Fri. 17 ETSU3 SEC 7 p.m. Averaging 9.5 points, 2.5 assists and 2.0 rebounds a game | Has hit all six of his foul John Calipari Bill Self Mon. 20 TROY3 SEC 8 p.m. shots this season | Four-time high school state champion Overall Record: 654-191 Overall Record: 624-193 Wed. 22 FORT WAYNE3 SEC 8 p.m. Record at UK: 251-53 Record at KU: 417-87 Sun. 26 UIC3 SEC 6 p.m. Overall Seasons: 26th Overall Seasons: 25th Hamidou Diallo At UK: Ninth At KU: 15th 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 17.0 points per game | Posted 16 or more points in both games | Also dishing out an average of 3.0 assists a game | Preseason All-SEC 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 11.5 points and 7.0 rebounds a game | Julius Erving Award preseason UK STAT KU Sat. 27 at West Virginia ESPN 4:30/7 p.m. watch list | Preseason All-SEC first team by league’s coaches 73.0 Points PG 92.0 Tue. 30 VANDERBILT* ESPN 9 p.m. 66.0 Opp. Points PG 56.0 37.0 Rebounds PG 45.0 February PJ Washington Sat. 3 at Missouri* CBS 2 p.m. 6-7 • 236 • Forward 16.0 Assists PG 23.0 6.0 7.0 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 11.0 .426 FG Pct. .600 Wed. 14 at Auburn* ESPN2 9 p.m. points and 6.5 rebounds a game | Karl Malone preseason watch list .333 3-Pt FG Pct. .429 Sat. 17 ALABAMA* CBS 2 p.m. .739 FT Pct. .727 Tue. 20 at Arkansas* ESPN 9 p.m. Need to Know Last Time Out .430 Opp. FG Pct. .328 Sat. 24 MISSOURI* ESPN/2 6/8 p.m. .319 Opp. 3-Pt FG Pct. .348 Wed. 28 OLE MISS* ESPN2 7 p.m. • Kentucky was picked to win the SEC • Kentucky held off Vermont for a 73- regular-season title by the league’s 69 win on Sunday LEADERS March media members. Hamidou Diallo • PJ Washington had a double-double Points Per Game Sat. 3 at Florida* CBS Noon UK - Hamidou Diallo (17.0) was tabbed to the media preseason with a career-high 17 points and 10 7-117SEC Tournament SEC/ESPN TBA All-SEC First Team while Kevin Knox KU - Lagerald Vick (23.0) rebounds. It was the first double-dou- Rebounds Per Game was a second-team pick. Knox was a ble of the year for any UK player UK - Wenyen Gabriel (7.5) All times Eastern | *SEC confernece game | HOME GAMES IN CAPS first-team selection by the league’s • Hamidou Diallo had 16 points and KU - Marcus Garrett (10.0) ^Exhibition | 1 Kentucky Cares Classic (Rupp Arena | Lexington, Ky.) | Assists Per Game coaches, while Diallo was picked to has scored 16 or more in both games 2Champions Classic (United Center | Chicago) | 3Adolph Rupp Classic the second team UK - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (3.5) this season (Rupp Arena | Lexington, Ky.) | 4Citi Hoops Classic (Madison Square • Calipari is four victories shy of 700 KU - Devonte’ Graham (12.0) • Quade Green (15) and Kevin Knox Steals Per Game Garden | New York) | 5CBS Sports Classic (Smoothie King Arena| New on-court wins after winning the (11) also scored in double figures UK - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (3.0) Orleans) | 6SEC/Big 12 Challenge (WVU Coliseum | Morgantown, season’s opening two games KU - Devonte’ Graham (3.0) • Kentucky improved to 216-4 all-time W.Va.) | 7SEC Tournament (Scottrade Center | St. Louis) • The Wildcats begin the season Blocks Per Game under John Calipari when leading by UK - Wenyen Gabriel (2.0) ranked No. 4 in the USA Today Coach- at least 10 points at any point in the es Poll and No. 5 in the AP Top 25 KU - Mitch Lightfoot (3.0) game 3-Pointers Broadcast Information • Kentucky has the No. 1 ranked UK - Hamidou Diallo (3) • After getting outrebounded on ESPN UK SPORTS recruiting class once again, and the Friday, UK bounced back with a plus-9 KU - Lagerald Vick (4) Recruiting Services Consensus Index Field-Goal Percentage NETWORK advantage on the boards pegs it the best ever UK - Sacha Killeya-Jones (.600) Dan Schulman, play-by-play • Kentucky shot 78.3 percent at the Dick Vitale, analyst • The Wildcats return just 7.4 percent KU - Udoka Azubuike (.857) Tom Leach, play-by-play foul line, making 18 of 23 Free-Throw Percentage Maria Taylor, sideline Mike Pratt, analyst of their scoring and 23.4 percent of UK - Green/Gilgeous-Alexander (1.000) their rebounding from 2016-17 • UK has had at least three players KU - Three tied (1.000) SATELLITE RADIO • Kentucky is 4-2 all-time in the Cham- with three or more assists in both 3-Point Field-Goal Percentage pions Classic games this season UK - Diallo/Gilgeous-Alexander (.500) KU - Mitch Lightfoot (1.000) Sirius channel 84, | XM channel 84 | Internet channel 84 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.