Latest odds for Kentucky to win NCAA basketball title

 Posted by at 10:11 AM on August 6, 2020  Comments Off on Latest odds for Kentucky to win NCAA basketball title
Aug 062020
 

John Calipari

According to the latest odds from BetOnline — set after this week’s deadline for players to withdraw from the NBA Draft — there are five college basketball teams with a better shot than Kentucky to win the 2021 NCAA title. And it’s a list lacking in traditional blue bloods.

Villanova — winner of two of the past four national championships — is the 2021 favorite at 7-1 odds. Jay Wright’s program is followed by an unlikely contender: Iowa, which returned national star Luka Garza and sits as the second choice at 15-2 odds.

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National analyst has new prediction for UK target

 Posted by at 11:18 AM on December 21, 2018  Comments Off on National analyst has new prediction for UK target
Dec 212018
 

Roach

247Sports national analyst Evan Daniels has logged a Crystal Ball prediction in favor of Villanova for five-star point guard Jeremy Roach, the first player at his position to land a UK scholarship offer in the class of 2020.

Roach — a 6-foot-2 prospect from Fairfax, Va. — is the No. 10 overall player in the 2020 class, according to the 247Sports rankings, and he’s already narrowed his list of schools to UK, Duke, North Carolina and Villanova.

Daniels is admittedly cautious with his Crystal Ball predictions, especially with younger players. His pick on Roach’s recruitment marks his first prediction for a 2020 recruit in more than two months. Roach is sitting out his junior season after suffering a serious knee injury this fall.

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Grad transfer Reid Travis has arrived on UK’s campus

 Posted by at 11:35 AM on June 19, 2018  Comments Off on Grad transfer Reid Travis has arrived on UK’s campus
Jun 192018
 

Possible graduate transfer Reid Travis has arrived in Lexington for his official visit to Kentucky, according to Minneapolis Star Tribune reporter Marcus R. Fuller.

Travis — a Minneapolis native — announced recently that he will leave Stanford for his final season of college basketball. The 6-foot-8 forward graduated from the university over the weekend and averaged 19.5 points and 8.7 rebounds per game for the Cardinal as a junior this past season.

Kentucky and Villanova are the two finalists for Travis, who has not yet set up a visit to see the other Wildcats’ campus in Philadelphia. Many basketball observers consider UK to be the heavy favorite for Travis, who could commit to the Cats as early as this week and would be eligible to play right away this season.

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Bryan Antoine cuts his college list to five schools

 Posted by at 6:53 PM on May 10, 2018  Comments Off on Bryan Antoine cuts his college list to five schools
May 102018
 

Five-star basketball recruit Bryan Antoine narrowed his list to five schools Thursday, and Kentucky is still in the mix.

Antoine — a 6-foot-5 shooting guard from New Jersey — is the No. 7 overall prospect in the class of 2019, according to the 247Sports composite rankings. He was one of the first players from that class to land a scholarship offer from UK.

His final five schools are Duke, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky and Villanova.

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Top analyst’s prediction for UK target Scottie Lewis

 Posted by at 2:15 PM on April 22, 2018  Comments Off on Top analyst’s prediction for UK target Scottie Lewis
Apr 222018
 

Scottie Lewis

National recruiting analyst Andrew Slater logged a Crystal Ball prediction in favor of Villanova for five-star wing Scottie Lewis on Sunday morning.

Lewis — a 6-foot-5 prospect in the class of 2019 — is one of UK’s top recruiting targets, and John Calipari and Tony Barbee have visited with him several times in the past few months. Lewis is also high school and Under Armour league teammates with five-star guard Bryan Antoine, another top UK recruiting target.

UK is currently favored on Lewis’ 247Sports Crystal Ball page, but Slater was ranked as the best predictor for recruitments during the 2018 cycle.

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UK favored to land basketball recruit Tyler Herro

 Posted by at 9:56 PM on November 13, 2017  Comments Off on UK favored to land basketball recruit Tyler Herro
Nov 132017
 

Tyler Herro

Kentucky is expected to get its third basketball commitment for the class of 2018 on Tuesday.

Four-star shooting guard Tyler Herro — a 6-foot-5 prospect from Milwaukee — is scheduled to announce his college decision at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, the day before the end of the early signing period.

Herro wrapped up his official visit to Lexington on Sunday, and UK is the only school that he will see before making his college announcement. Kansas, Oregon, Villanova and Butler have all been recruiting Herro since he decommitted from Wisconsin last month, but he hasn’t taken trips to any of those schools.

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