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Ugonna Onyenso out for a ‘couple of months’ due to injury on Kentucky basketball trip

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky sophomore Ugonna Onyenso will remain sidelined for “a couple of months” after sustaining an injury during the UK basketball trip to Canada for the GLOBL JAM tournament last week, coach John Calipari confirmed Tuesday afternoon.

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Kentucky Flashes Title Contender Credentials in Summer Tourney Win

The Wildcats looked much improved while winning a U23 tournament featuring both pro and college players from across the globe.

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Brad Calipari discusses the next step in his coaching career. It means competing with dad.

As Kentucky’s players took the court for their first game of the GLOBL JAM last week, a familiar face stood near the team’s bench area, watching over the Wildcats and chatting with UK coaches and staff members.

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SEC Rival Hires Son of Kentucky Basketball Coach John Calipari

The father-son duo should meet at least twice in the 2023–24 season.

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Kentucky sets tone early, beats Africa to go perfect in GLOBL JAM pool play

No matter what happened in Kentucky’s pool-play finale at the GLOBL JAM on Saturday afternoon, the Wildcats knew they had already qualified for the event’s gold medal game set for the following night.

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Kentucky dominates Canada in GLOBL JAM, qualifies for gold medal game

The Kentucky Wildcats are clearly the team to beat at the GLOBL JAM.

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John Clay: ‘You really want to know?’ Here’s what John Calipari would do to fix college athletics.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Mr. Calipari went to Washington.

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John Clay: Can John Calipari and Kentucky basketball take advantage of their late good fortune?

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.

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2024 NBA draft: Matas Buzelis, Bronny James among players to watch

It’s not too early to keep an eye on some big names a year ahead of selections.

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Kentucky basketball finally lands a player from NCAA transfer portal at a key position

After an offseason full of shortcomings from a roster construction standpoint, next season’s Kentucky men’s basketball team is finally becoming clear.

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Kentucky Looks Like a Contender With Addition of Tre Mitchell

After a tumultuous spring on the recruiting trail, John Calipari's late roster moves could finally bring the Wildcats back to the contending conversation.

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

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.

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For once, Kentucky basketball won’t start the season with sky-high expectations

No matter what kind of roster John Calipari has trotted out on opening night of the previous 14 seasons as Kentucky’s coach, his Wildcats have always started out projected to be among the elite teams in college basketball.

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John Clay: For Kentucky basketball, the pros and cons of Oscar Tshiebwe’s NBA decision

LEXINGTON, Ky. — At a Kentucky basketball road game this past season, I sat next to a former NBA front office executive. After discussing Cason Wallace’s pro potential, I began a question about Oscar Tshiebwe only to be shut down in a hurry.

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Mark Story: John Calipari is performing a high-wire act with the 2023-24 Kentucky roster. Will it pay off?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — We are inside two weeks to go until the May 31 deadline for men’s college hoops stars to remove their names from the 2023 NBA draft and lock in a return to college basketball. As things presently stand, this is what we know about the 2023-24 Kentucky…

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John Clay: As for Kentucky basketball’s future roster construction, pardon the mess

LEXINGTON, Ky. — For college basketball, these days the offseason is the big season, the time when players come and go, when rosters need either an “Under Construction” or “Pardon Our Mess” sign. Or both.

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Men’s College Basketball’s Top 10 Offseason Story Lines

Can John Calipari rebuild his reputation with the nation’s top recruiting class? Where will Hunter Dickinson end up?

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Mark Story: Why a big change in John Calipari’s philosophy has not paid off for Kentucky

When the 2023-24 season tips off, Kentucky and John Calipari are expected to be moving against one of men’s college basketball’s prevailing tides.

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John Clay: Why Ugonna Onyenso’s rapid return is the best thing to happen to Kentucky basketball

On April 5, news broke that Ugonna Onyenso, Kentucky basketball’s 6-foot-11 sophomore-to-be, was entering the transfer portal.

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Kentucky’s Chris Livingston says he will enter NBA draft: 'It’s only up from here'

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The first decision of Chris Livingston’s offseason has been made.

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Oscar Tshiebwe declares for the NBA draft. But he could still come back to Kentucky.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — One of the most decorated Kentucky basketball players in recent memory might be leaving the Wildcats’ program after two seasons in Lexington. But he has left the door open for a return to Lexington.

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Mark Story: If you think Calipari had a tough year, check out the coaches mentioned to replace him

For John Calipari, 2022-23 did not yield stellar outcomes. Kentucky men’s basketball finished 22-12. UK did not win either the SEC regular-season or tournament championship, and it has won only one of each over the past six years. The Wildcats did not make it out of the first weekend of…

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Cason Wallace declares for NBA draft. What’s next for Kentucky at the point guard spot?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — As expected, Cason Wallace’s first season as a Kentucky Wildcat will be his last.

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John Clay: Can Kentucky basketball’s top recruiting class win a title? Not without some help.

It is true that Kentucky basketball boasts the No. 1 recruiting class for the 2023-24 season.

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Five big questions for Kentucky basketball (and John Calipari) as the offseason begins

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A pattern is developing for the Kentucky basketball program, and it’s not pretty.

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