8 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | MOST WINS IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL | 49 SEC TITLES | 31 SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS | 55 ALL - AMERICANS | 132 NBA DRAFT PICKS MISSISSIPPI STATE (14-13, 8-10) vs. KENTUCKY (9-15, 8-9) SCHEDULE Thursday, March 11 • Noon ET • Bridgestone Arena (3,400)* • Nashville, Tenn. 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, 99-20 DAVION MINTZ 6-3 • 196 • GUARD • GRADUATE 3 in SECT - UK, 8-2 6 20/9 -/- vs. Georgia Tech ESPN L, 79-62 10 CHARLOTTE, N.C. | CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY Calipari vs. MSU - 16-0 12 -/RV -/- NOTRE DAME CBS L, 64-63 Gained reputation as late-game shot maker | Led UK in scoring in SEC play Howland vs. UK - 1-8 | Leads team with 52 3-pointers | Made multiple 3s in 10 of last 11 games | 19 -/- 22/21 vs. North Carolina4 CBS L, 75-63 Current UK streak - W15 Posted 20 points with a career-high six 3s and seven assists vs. South Carolina 26 -/- RV/RV at Louisville ESPN L, 62-59 John Calipari Ben Howland BRANDON BOSTON JR. JANUARY Overall Record: 784-232* Overall Record: 513-286 6-7 • 185 • GUARD • FRESHMAN 2OT 3 NORCROSS, GA. | SIERRA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL 2 -/- -/- at Mississippi State* SEC W, 78-73 Record at UK: 339-92 Record at MSU: 112-80 Overall Seasons: 29th Overall Seasons: 25th Averaging team-high 12.0 points | Leads the team in steals with 33 | Team- 5 -/- -/- VANDERBILT* SEC W, 77-74 high 17 double-figure scoring games | Led the team in scoring eight games | at Kentucky: 12th at Mississippi State: 6th 9 -/- RV/RV at Florida* ESPN W, 76-58 Recorded 21 points and a career-high six 3-pointers vs. South Carolina *on-court record 12 -/- RV/24 ALABAMA* ESPN L, 85-65 JACOB TOPPIN 16 -/- -/- at Auburn* ESPN L, 66-59 BY THE NUMBERS 6-9 • 194 • FORWARD • SOPHOMORE 0 BROOKLYN, N.Y. | RHODE ISLAND UNIVERSITY -/- -/- 20 at Georgia* SEC L, 63-62 Averaging 5.4 points and 3.6 rebounds per game | Four double-figure scoring All-time wins, NCAA 23 -/- RV/RV LSU* ESPN W, 82-69 2,327 leader games | Made his first career start as a Wildcat vs. South Carolina | Logging 7.7 points and 4.4 rebounds in 23.0 minutes over last seven games 26 -/- 9/8 at Alabama* ESPN L, 70-59 SEC regular-season titles FEBRUARY 49 in program history ISAIAH JACKSON 6-10 • 206 • FORWARD • FRESHMAN 3 -/- 18/17 at Missouri* ESPN2 L, 75-70 23 PONTIAC, MICH. | WATERFORD MOTT HIGH SCHOOL SEC Tournament 6 -/- 11/10 TENNESSEE* ESPN L, 82-71 31 championships SEC All-Freshman and All-Defensive teams | Averaging 6.8 rebounds and team- high 2.6 blocks | Ranks 14th nationally in blocks per game, seventh in block 9 -/- RV/RV ARKANSAS* ESPN L, 81-80 SEC Tournament crowns percentage | Averaging 14.3 points and 7.5 boards over last six games 13 -/- -/- AUBURN* CBS W, 82-80 6 under John Calipari OLIVIER SARR 17 -/- -/- at Vanderbilt* SEC W, 82-78 7-0 • 237 • FORWARD • SENIOR TALE OF THE TAPE 20 -/- 19/20 at Tennessee* CBS W, 70-55 30 BORDEAUX, FRANCE | WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY UK STATISTIC MSU Leads the team with three double-doubles | Scored in double figures in eight of 27 -/- -/- FLORIDA* CBS L, 71-67 the last 11 games | Made a 3-pointer in six of the last eight games | Blocked a 70.3 Points Per Game 69.4 career-high four shots in wins over Auburn and Vanderbilt MARCH 70.0 Opp. Points PG 65.7 STAT LEADERS NEED TO KNOW 2 -/- -/- at Ole Miss* ESPN L, 80-72 38.4 Rebounds PG 38.9 6 -/- -/- SOUTH CAROLINA* ESPN W, 92-64 POINTS PER GAME +2.6 Rebound Margin +6.8 Kentucky has won 31 SEC Tournament 10 -/- -/- vs. Mississippi State5 SEC Noon 12.3 Assists PG 13.0 UK Brandon Boston Jr. 12.0 championships, more than the rest of MSU D.J. Stewart Jr. 16.5 the league combined (28) All times Eastern | *SEC conference game | HOME GAMES IN CAPS 6.1 Blocks PG 4.7 1 REBOUNDS PER GAME Bluegrass Showcase (Rupp Arena | Lexington, Ky.) 6.3 Steals PG 6.7 UK has won six SEC Tournament 2Champions Classic (Bankers Life Fieldhouse | Indianapolis) UK Keion Brooks Jr. 6.9 .417 FG Pct. .455 crowns under John Calipari, who has 3Holiday Hoopsgiving (State Farm Arena | Atlanta) MSU Tolu Smith 8.6 .410 Opp. FG Pct. .399 led the Wildcats to the championship 4CBS Sports Classic (Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse | Cleveland) ASSISTS PER GAME game in eight of his 10 SEC 5SEC Tournament (Bridgestone Arena | Nashville, Tenn.) .332 3-Pt. FG Pct. .349 UK Devin Askew 3.0 Tournament appearances .313 Opp. 3-Pt. FG Pct. .317 MSU Deivon Smith 3.1 This is the first time Kentucky hasn't .734 FT Pct. .641 STEALS PER GAME clinched the double bye since the field UK Brandon Boston Jr. 1.4 expanded in 2013. UK has not won A UK WIN WOULD ... MSU D.J. Stewart Jr. 1.4 four in a row to win the league BLOCKS PER GAME tournament title since 1952 • Improve Kentucky's record to 135-26 BROADCAST INFO all-time in the SEC Tournament UK Isaiah Jackson 2.6 Davion Mintz is averaging 16.8 points • Keep UK undefeated vs. Mississippi MSU Abdul Ado 2.0 over the last five games and has made TELEVISION State in the John Calipari era 3-POINTERS multiple 3-pointers in 10 of the last 11 Play-by play: Karl Ravech • Improve Calipari's record to 58-12 UK Davion Mintz 52 games (33 total in that span) Analyst: Jimmy Dykes Sideline: Marty Smith all-time in league tournaments and MSU D.J. Stewart Jr. 42 Isaiah Jackson was named to the SEC 24-4 in the SEC Tournament FIELD-GOAL PERCENTAGE All-Freshman Team and All-Defensive HOME RADIO • Mark the Wildcats' fifth in the last UK Isaiah Jackson .542 Team. He has scored in double figures Play-by play: Tom Leach seven games MSU Tolu Smith .577 in six straight games and paces the Analyst: Mike Pratt • Set up a third matchup with SEC FREE-THROW PERCENTAGE nation's leading shot-blocking team SATELLITE RADIO regular-season champion Alabama UK Devin Askew .806 with an SEC-best 2.6 blocked shots XM: TBD • Increase Calipari's all-time record in per game MSU Iverson Molinar .810 SiriusXM: TBD March and April to 166-49 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 34 OSCAR 55 LANCE CANADA PAYNE FLETCHER JACKSON WATKINS SARR TSHIEBWE WARE Sophomore R-Sophomore Freshman Freshman Freshman | Guard Senior | Forward Sophomore Freshman Forward Guard/Forward Forward Forward 5-8 | 145 7-0 | 237 Forward Forward 6-6 | 198 6-4 | 215 6-6 | 215 6-10 | 206 Camden, N.J. Bordeaux, France 6-9 | 260 6-9 | 223 Lexington, Ky. St. Louis Pontiac, Mich. Kingsway Regional Wake Forest Lubumbashi, Democratic Camden, N.J. Mount Sterling, Ky. Republic of the Congo George Rogers Clark Lexington Catholic Vashon Waterford Mott @stink_cvp @sarr_olivier West Virginia Camden @brennanc14 @young_payne2321 @CamRonFletcher1 @IJackson22 @olivier_sarr @Oscartshiebwe34 @lanceware12 @brennanc14 @alexander.payne23 @camron @isaiahjackson22 @oscar_tshiebwe @lance.ware (CAM-run) (oh-LIV-ee-ay) (SHEE-bway) 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) 3 Brandon Boston Jr. G 6-7 185 Fr. Norcross, Ga. (Sierra Canyon) Assistant Coaches: James "Bruiser" Flint (St. Joseph's, 1987) 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.