Wednesday Headlines: Special Season for Kentucky Basketball Edition

By John Morgan Francis@MonJorgan Oct 27, 2021, 6:40am EDT

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Despite being fully loaded deep into the depth chart, Kentucky is coming in at No. 10 in the AP pre-season top-25 rankings. While being ranked as a top-10 team wouldn’t be disrespectful for most college basketball programs, Big Blue Nation probably expected to be a bit higher early this fall. However, Kentucky would of course prefer to be outside the top-10 preseason rankings and instead find themselves in the Final Four next spring.

Kentucky in-conference transfer Sahvir Wheeler believes Kentucky is going to “do something special” this season.

“I feel like I’m the best playmaker in the country,” Wheeler said at UK Media Day. “I feel like with the guys I have here, we’re going to do something special.”

The Wildcats are indeed loaded and that’s probably why head coach John Calipari sought so hard for the playmaking point guard. Wheeler led the SEC in assists last season with more than seven per game. Having so many talented athletes and shooters around him on the court will allow Wheeler to flourish in a Kentucky offense that has always favored a point guard.

“We know that we can be the best team in the country. We’re sacrificing that, sacrificing what we do best for the greater good of the team. Everyone is buying into that. Everyone wants to win.”

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