Kentucky Rumors & News

College Basketball Talk "With the NCAA potentially making monumental changes to the live evaluation periods as early as next summer, it has left the college basketball world asking a lot of questions about what summer recruiting could look like in the future. The NCAA has talked about setting up youth..." July 12

Kansas City Star "A Louisville basketball fan found John Calipari's soft spot. During Tuesday's "Today" show, the fan outside the set held a sign that read: "John Calipari HATES PUPPIES. Go Cards!!" That barb caught the attention of Calipari, the Kentucky..." June 26

ESPN "Reid Travis, an all-Pac 12 player last year at Stanford and the most coveted graduate transfer on the market, announced Wednesday that he's transferring to Kentucky, where he'll be eligible to compete immediately in the 2018-19 season. Travis, a 6-foot-8 forward who averaged..." June 20

College Basketball Talk "Kentucky head coach John Calipari committed a minor recruiting violation last week at the SEC spring meetings. Cal was asked about Ashton Hagans, a five-star point guard from Georgia that was originally committed to Georgia in the Class of 2019 before reopening his recruitment and..." June 05

Sportsnaut "After signing the three highest-rated recruits out of high school, the Duke Blue Devils are the favorites to win the national championship in men’s collegiate basketball in 2019. June 01

Louisville Courier-Journal "The Kentucky basketball team will have to settle for a 1 for 3 day in NBA draft decisions. Freshman forward Jarred Vanderbilt is staying in the NBA draft, he announced in a video posted to Twitter Wednesday night. UK sophomore forward Wenyen Gabriel announced earlier in the day..." May 31

Hoops Rumors "Kentucky forward PJ Washington intends to return to the Wildcats for the 2018/19 season, he announced today (via Twitter). Washington posted a video that featured several of his highlight-reel plays and ended with the text, “I’m back.” The No. 54 prospect on Jonathan..." May 30

247 Sports "Stanford's Reid Travis is transferring from the program, a source told 247Sports. Further, the talented power forward — who's eligible this upcoming season as a grad transfer — looks Kentucky-bound, according to multiple sources.  The No. 36 player..." May 30

Louisville Courier-Journal "Kentucky freshman PJ Washington is nearing a decision about whether to stay in the NBA draft. "If I get a second-round guarantee, I’m definitely going back to school," Washington said Thursday at the NBA combine. "Right now if it’s first round, I..." May 18

CBS Sports "Kentucky's Sacha Killeya-Jones, a McDonald's All-American who was a five-star prospect and ranked as a top-25 player in the Class of 2016, announced on Tuesday that he will transfer to NC State.  Killeya-Jones picked the Wolfpack over a number of different suitors, most..." May 15

247 Sports "Five-star combination guard Tyrese Maxey plans to play college basketball at Kentucky and for now will stay in the 2019 class, he tells 247Sports. “I feel like it’s the best fit for my family and me,” Maxey said. “Just Coach Cal’s sharp record of the way he’s doing things with players of my..." May 09

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Of all the coaches to benefit from one-and-done, John Calipari figures to lose the most if the NBA abolishes the rule. And yet he wants just that. "Whatever the rules," he said, "we're going to be fine." Who thinks the University of Kentucky basketball is going to die any time soon,..." April 21

247 Sports "Five-star point guard Ashton Hagans made his college decision on Tuesday morning, he informed 247Sports. “I committed to Kentucky,” Hagans said. “It’s my dream school and I feel like I can get the job done there.” Hagans, a standout at Covington (Ga.) Newton, originally committed to Georgia,..." April 10

CBS Sports "Hours after Kentucky landed a commitment from five-star Class of 2018 power forward E.J. Montgomery, another former five-star in its projected frontcourt for next season, UK sophomore forward Sacha Killeya-Jones, announced he will request his release and seek opportunities to continue his career..." April 09

Lexington Herald-Leader "Five-star forward E.J. Montgomery gave his verbal commitment Monday to the University of Kentucky men’s basketball team. Montgomery picked the Wildcats over Duke, North Carolina and a slew of teams that were interested in the services of the 6-foot-11 prospect from Marietta, Ga. 24/7 Sports..." April 09

CBS Sports "Romeo Langford is one of the last big unknowns in the 2018 recruiting cycle. The 6-5 guard ranked No. 5 in the country will soon decide between Vanderbilt, Indiana and Kansas, after receiving offers and interest from the likes of Kentucky and North Carolina. Langford, who just scored 19..." April 02

Lexington Herald-Leader "Freshman Kevin Knox led Kentucky in scoring. Conclusion: Kevin Knox will be a one-and-done player. Not so fast, Knox’s father said Monday. Kevin Knox Sr. said his son has expressed an interest in returning to UK for a sophomore season. “‘Daddy, to be honest with you, I loved the whole..." March 27

ESPN "Kansas State players said they were upset after Kentucky's players and coaches left the court before taking part in a postgame handshake following Kansas State's NCAA tournament win on Thursday. Kentucky coach John Calipari said there was no disrespect meant by his team. "They didn't shake..." March 23

ESPN "Kentucky coach John Calipari is warning his players "don't drink that poison" by reading and watching comments about the team's path to the Final Four. "The poison being we have an easy road," Calipari said. "If they drink the poison, we'll be done on Thursday." Calipari isn't buying the..." March 21

CBS Sports "The Kentucky Wildcats advanced into the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 78-73 win over No. 12 seed Davidson on Thursday afternoon, but they lost their grip on one of the more remarkable streaks in all of NCAA. The Wildcats went 0-for-6 from beyond the arc against Davidson, which..." March 16

Fanrag Sports "SHARE TWEET With three players having committed to join the Kentucky basketball program this summer, John Calipari and his staff got an early start on the 2019 class Monday night. Five-star small forward D.J. Jeffries, who attends White Station HS in Memphis, announced that he will be a..." March 12

CBS Sports "Kentucky coach John Calipari said Tuesday that that he believes college players should have the opportunity to profit from their likeness and signature, and he urged the NCAA to work in conjunction with the National Basketball Players Association to shore up some of the corruption that has taken..." February 28

ESPN "After being cleared to play Saturday morning, Kentucky freshman Kevin Knox declined to answer questions about his relationship with Christian Dawkins, the central figure of the FBI's probe into college basketball recruiting. According to a Yahoo! Sports report on Friday morning, Knox was one of..." February 25

Louisville Courier-Journal "The University of Kentucky determined "there were no eligibility issues" after an internal review following a report of potential violations of NCAA regulations in college basketball. "The University of Kentucky immediately reviewed the matter and, based on the available information,..." February 24

Fanrag Sports "The NCAA appears to be the subject of an “underground recruiting operation” that could potentially create issues for more than 20 programs, according to Pete Thamel and Pat Forde of Yahoo! Sports. There is no shortage of reputable programs involved, including the Kentucky Wildcats and head..." February 23

Bleacher Report "Kentucky fell out of the AP Top 25 this past week. If you have any friends or family in Big Blue Nation, please check on them immediately. "We're probably somewhere around DEFCON 3," said Tom Leach, Kentucky's play-by-play radio announcer, of the level of worry surrounding the Wildcats. This..." January 25