John Calipari must have a four-leaf clover in his pocket. Or a lucky buckeye. Or a rabbit’s foot. When it comes to late-in-the-shot-clock roster building this summer, Kentucky’s basketball coach turned up charmed.
It wasn’t as if Cal executed a master plan. He certainly didn’t expect (or hope) good friend Bob Huggins’ career would come to such a sad and abrupt end, thus causing West Virginia forward Tre Mitchell to enter the transfer portal where Kentucky was more than happy to welcome a talented player with 92 college starts into the fold.
On paper, Mitchell is exactly what Kentucky’s doctor ordered. He’s a 6-foot-9 forward boasting both experience and production. UK is his fourth college landing spot after two years at UMass, one at Texas and one in Morgantown. On a Kentucky team badly in need of college knowledge, Mitchell knows the ropes.
