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John Clay: Kentucky basketball is all-in on freshmen and the reason has nothing to do with NIL

Kentucky John Calipari KY Jordan Burks Basketball Cal Somto Cyril Aaron Bradshaw Antonio Reeves Cats

LEXINGTON, Ky. — John Calipari has added two more players to his Kentucky basketball roster. A three-star forward from Florida, Jordan Burks committed to the Wildcats on June 12. A three-star guard from Indiana, Joey Hart signed on over the weekend.

That gives the Cats nine scholarship players heading into next month’s trip to Canada for the 2023 GLOBL JAM and then the 2023-24 college campaign. Seven of the nine are freshmen. Two are sophomores.

There’s still a chance Antonio Reeves could return once he completes summer course work at Illinois State to earn his degree. If Reeves instead transfers, that’s it. Without a late addition, UK would enter October practices with no juniors, no seniors and no one from the transfer portal.

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