8 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | MOST WINS IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL | 49 SEC TITLES | 31 SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS | 55 ALL - AMERICANS | 132 NBA DRAFT PICKS KENTUCKY (1-5) at RV/RV LOUISVILLE (5-1) SCHEDULE Saturday, Dec. 26 • 1 p.m. • KFC YUM! Center* • Louisville, Ky. NOVEMBER #TGT #BuiltDifferent • @KentuckyMBB 25 10/9 -/- MOREHEAD STATE1 SECN W, 81-45 *limited fans during COVID-19 pandemic 29 10/9 RV/RV RICHMOND1 ESPN L, 76-64 THE MATCHUP LAST GAME'S STARTERS DECEMBER Series Breakdown 1 20/9 7/5 vs. Kansas2 ESPN L, 65-62 Overall - UK, 37-16 DAVION MINTZ 6-3 • 196 • GUARD • GRADUATE 3 in Louisville - UK, 13-9 6 20/9 -/- vs. Georgia Tech ESPN L, 79-62 10 CHARLOTTE, N.C. | CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY Calipari vs. UofL - 17-7 12 -/RV -/- NOTRE DAME CBS L, 64-63 Started each of the last two | Leads the team with 17 assists and eight Mack vs. UK - 0-2 3-pointers | Averaging 8.8 points and 2.8 assists per game | Scored a season- 19 -/- 22/21 vs. North Carolina4 CBS L, 75-63 Current UK streak - W3 high 17 against UNC | Played in 97 games with 79 starts at Creighton 26 -/- RV/RV at Louisville ESPN 1 p.m. John Calipari Chris Mack BRANDON BOSTON JR. JANUARY Overall Record: 776-222* Overall Record: 264-119 6-7 • 185 • GUARD • FRESHMAN 3 NORCROSS, GA. | SIERRA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL 2 -/- -/- at Mississippi State* SEC 6 p.m. Record at UK: 331-82 Record at UofL: 49-22 Overall Seasons: 29th Overall Seasons: 12th Averaging team-high 14.5 points | Double-double vs. Richmond (20 points, 10 5 -/- -/- VANDERBILT* SEC 7 p.m. boards) | Preseason All-SEC First Team | Naismith Trophy, Wooden Award and at UK: 12th att Louisville: Third 9 -/- -/- at Florida* ESPN/2 5/8 p.m. NABC watch lists (national POY) | Julius Erving Award watch list (best SF) *on-court record 12 -/- -/- ALABAMA* ESPN/2 9 p.m. TERRENCE CLARKE 16 -/- -/- at Auburn* ESPN 2 p.m. BY THE NUMBERS 6-7 • 194 • GUARD • FRESHMAN 5 BOSTON | BREWSTER ACADEMY 20 -/- -/- at Georgia* SEC 7 p.m. All-time wins, NCAA Averaging 12.5 points | Had 22 points against Georgia Tech | Jerry West Award 23 -/- -/- LSU* ESPN 6 p.m. 2,319 leader watch list (best SG) | Naismith Trophy watch list (national POY) | Consensus five-star prospect | Averaged 16.2 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists as a senior 26 -/- -/- at Alabama* ESPN/2 7 p.m. SEC regular-season titles 30 -/- -/- TEXAS5 ESPN/2/U TBD 49 in program history ISAIAH JACKSON 6-10 • 206 • FORWARD • FRESHMAN FEBRUARY 23 PONTIAC, MICH. | WATERFORD MOTT HIGH SCHOOL Game losing streak, 2 -/- -/- at Missouri* ESPN/2 9 p.m. 5 longest since 1989-90 Posted seven points, eight blocks, 12 boards vs. Kansas | Averaging team-high 8.7 rebounds | Karl Malone Award watch list (best PF) | Five-star prospect by 6 -/- -/- TENNESSEE* ESPN 8 p.m. Rivals | Averaged 19.7 points, 13.0 rebounds, 7.7 blocks, 2.1 steals as a senior Game winning streak 9 -/- -/- ARKANSAS* ESPN/2 7 p.m. 3 against Louisville OLIVIER SARR 13 -/- -/- AUBURN* CBS 1 p.m. 7-0 • 237 • FORWARD • SENIOR TALE OF THE TAPE 17 -/- -/- at Vanderbilt* SEC 7 p.m. 30 BORDEAUX, FRANCE | WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY 20 -/- -/- at Tennessee* CBS 1 p.m. UK STATISTIC UofL Averaging 10.5 points, 5.7 rebounds | Posted 22 points, seven rebounds, three blocks vs. Notre Dame | Preseason All-SEC Second Team | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 23 -/- -/- TEXAS A&M* ESPN/2 7 p.m. 65.8 Points Per Game 70.5 Award watch list (best center) | Averaged 13.7 points, 9.0 boards at WFU 27 -/- -/- FLORIDA* CBS 4 p.m. 67.3 Opp. Points PG 61.8 STAT LEADERS NEED TO KNOW 39.0 Rebounds PG 37.8 MARCH Kentucky is 1-5 for the first time since +6.0 Rebound Margin +8.3 POINTS PER GAME 2 -/- -/- at Ole Miss* ESPN/2 9 p.m. UK Brandon Boston Jr. 14.5 the 1926-27 season 11.5 Assists PG 13.2 10 -/- -/- SEC Tournament6 TBD TBD UofL Carlik Jones 16.0 UK has lost five straight under John 5.0 Blocks PG 2.7 All times Eastern | *SEC conference game | HOME GAMES IN CAPS REBOUNDS PER GAME Calipari for the first time. It's the 1 5.7 Steals PG 4.2 Bluegrass Showcase (Rupp Arena | Lexington, Ky.) UK Isaiah Jackson 8.7 first five-game losing streak for the 2Champions Classic (Bankers Life Fieldhouse | Indianapolis) .426 FG Pct. .487 3 UofL Samuell Williamson 7.0 program since 1989-90 Holiday Hoopsgiving (State Farm Arena | Atlanta) .409 Opp. FG Pct. .402 4CBS Sports Classic (Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse | Cleveland) ASSISTS PER GAME Calipari is 20-2 against in-state pro- 5SEC/Big 12 Challenge (Rupp Arena | Lexington, Ky.) .243 3-Pt. FG Pct. .323 UK Davion Mintz 2.8 grams, including 11-2 against Louisville 6SEC Tournament (Bridgestone Arena | Nashville, Tenn.) .271 Opp. 3-Pt. FG Pct. .341 UofL Carlik Jones 5.6 as UK's head coach. The Wildcats have .667 FT Pct. .720 STEALS PER GAME won the last three UK Boston Jr./Mintz 1.2 Davion Mintz has started the last two A UK WIN WOULD ... UofL David Johnson 1.3 games and is averaging 12.0 points, BLOCKS PER GAME 5.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steals • Snap a five-game skid, the longest BROADCAST INFO under John Calipari and the longest UK Isaiah Jackson 2.5 per game in those games since 1989-90 UofL Davis/Traynor 0.7 Kentucky is averaging 16.7 turnovers TELEVISION • Increase Kentucky's winning streak to 3-POINTERS per game, leading to an average of Play-by play: Dan Shulman four games over Louisville UK Davion Mintz 8 19.3 points for the opposition Analyst: Dick Vitale • Improve UK's record to 12-2 against the UofL Jones/Johnson 7 Cardinals under Calipari Keion Brooks Jr. remains doubtful with HOME RADIO FIELD-GOAL PERCENTAGE • Move Kentucky's record to 21-2 against a left leg injury Play-by play: Tom Leach UK Olivier Sarr .556 Analyst: Mike Pratt in-state foes KenPom.com lists UK's average lineup UofL JJ Traynor .577 • Be the Wildcats' first win away from experience at 0.83, the fourth-most SATELLITE RADIO FREE-THROW PERCENTAGE home this season inexperienced team in the nation that Sirus: 138 • Give the Big Blue Nation a terrific UK Devin Askew .813 has played in a game in 2020-21 XM: 190 post-Christmas present UofL Quinn Slazinski .857 Internet: 961 2020-21 Kentucky Men’s Basketball @KentuckyMBB TV CHART 0 JACOB 2 DEVIN 3 BRANDON 5 TERRENCE 10 DAVION 11 DONTAIE 12 KEION 13 RILEY TOPPIN ASKEW BOSTON JR. CLARKE MINTZ ALLEN BROOKS JR. WELCH Sophomore Freshman | Guard Freshman | Guard Freshman | Guard Graduate | Guard R-Freshman Sophomore Senior | Guard Forward 6-3 | 198 6-7 | 185 6-7 | 194 6-3 | 196 Guard Forward 6-0 | 185 6-9 | 194 Sacramento, Calif. Norcross, Ga. Boston Charlotte, N.C. 6-6 | 198 6-7 | 205 Littleton, Colo. Brooklyn, N.Y. Mater Dei Sierra Canyon Brewster Academy Creighton Falmouth, Ky. Fort Wayne, Ind. College of the Desert Rhode Island @babydev5 @bboston_ @terrenceclarke_ @deemintz1 Pendleton County La Lumiere School @Riley__Welch @Jtoppin0 @babydev @brandonboston @tclarke @davion @DontaieAllen11 @KeionB_12 @riley__welch @jtoppin_0 (DAY-vee-on) @dontaieallen11 @klbj.xii @Riley.Welch13 (TOPP-in) (ASK-you) (mints) (DON-tay) (KEY-on) 14 BRENNAN 20 ZAN 21 CAM'RON 23 ISAIAH 25 KAREEM 30 OLIVIER 55 LANCE CANADA PAYNE FLETCHER JACKSON WATKINS SARR WARE Sophomore R-Sophomore Freshman Freshman | Freshman | Guard Senior | Forward Freshman | Forward Guard/Forward Forward Forward 5-8 | 145 7-0 | 237 Forward 6-6 | 198 6-4 | 215 6-6 | 215 6-10 | 206 Camden, N.J. Bordeaux, France 6-9 | 223 Mount Sterling, Ky. Lexington, Ky. St. Louis Pontiac, Mich. Kingsway Regional Wake Forest Camden, N.J. George Rogers Clark Lexington Catholic Vashon Waterford Mott @stink_cvp @sarr_olivier Camden @brennanc14 @young_payne2321 @CamRonFletcher1 @IJackson22 @olivier_sarr @lanceware12 @brennanc14 @alexander.payne23 @camron @isaiahjackson22 @lance.ware (CAM-run) (oh-LIV-ee-ay) JOHN CALIPARI TONY BARBEE BRUISER FLINT JOEL JUSTUS JAI LUCAS JOHN ROBIC Head Coach Assoc. to the HC Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach/ Special Asst. to the 12th Season Seventh season at UK First season at UK Seventh season at UK Recruiting Coord. HC/Basketball Ops. @UKCoachCalipari First season as assoc. to HC First season as assistant Fifth season as assistant First season at UK 12th season at UK @ukcoachcalipari @CoachTonyBarbee @bruflint14 @UKCoachJustus First season as assistant Fifth season as special asst. @UKCoachCalipari @abarbee2250 @ukcoachjustus @CoachJLuc (cal-uh-PEAR-ee) @jai.luc (jay) Alphabetical Roster On the Bench No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (Previous School) Head Coach: John Calipari (Clarion, 1982) 11 Dontaie Allen G 6-6 198 R-Fr. Falmouth, Ky. (Pendleton County) Associate to the Head Coach: Tony Barbee (UMass, 1993) 2 Devin Askew G 6-3 198 Fr. Sacramento, Calif. (Mater Dei) Assistant Coaches: James "Bruiser" Flint (St. Joseph's, 1987) 3 Brandon Boston Jr. G 6-7 185 Fr. Norcross, Ga. (Sierra Canyon) 12 Keion Brooks Jr. F 6-7 205 So. Fort Wayne, Ind. (La Lumiere) Joel Justus (UNC Wilmington, 2004) 14 Brennan Canada F 6-6 198 So. Mount Sterling, Ky. (George Rogers Clark) Jai Lucas (Texas, 2011) 5 Terrence Clarke G 6-7 194 Fr. Boston (Brewester Academy) Special Assistant to the HC/Basketball Ops.: John Robic (Denison, 1986) 21 Cam'Ron Fletcher F 6-6 215 Fr.