< Previous20 @KentuckyMBB KENTUCKY BASKETBALL 20 @KentuckyMBB Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. W, 63-57 Saturday January Tennessee Lexington, Ky. L, 92-103 Saturday February Gonzaga Lexington, Ky. L, 85-89 Saturday February Ole Miss Lexington, Ky. W, 75-63 Tuesday February Auburn Auburn, Ala. W, 70-59 Saturday February Vanderbilt Lexington, Ky. W, 93-77 Wednesday March Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. W, 85-81 Saturday March SEC Tournament Nashville, Tenn. TBA Wed.-Sun. March 13-17 NCAA Tournament Final Four® Phoenix | TBA March- April TBA LSU Baton Rouge, La. L, 74-75 February Alabama Lexington, Ky. W, 117-95 Saturday February Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. W, 91-89 Tuesday February Arkansas Lexington, Ky. W, 111-102 Saturday March Florida Lexington, Ky. L, 91-94 (OT) January Mississippi State Lexington, Ky. W, 90-77 January Georgia Lexington, Ky. W, 105-96 Saturday January South Carolina Columbia, S.C. L, 62-79 Tuesday January Kansas Chicago L, 84-89 Tuesday November New Mexico State Lexington, Ky. W, 86-46 Monday November Texas A&M- Lexington, Ky. W, 81-61 Friday November Miami Lexington, Ky. W, 95-73 Tuesday November UNC-Wilmington Lexington, Ky. L, 73-80 Saturday December Penn Philadelphia W, 81-66 Saturday December Stonehill Lexington, Ky. W, 101-67 Friday November Saint Joseph's Lexington, Ky. W, 96-88 (OT) Monday November Marshall Lexington, Ky. W, 118-82 Friday November Louisville Louisville, Ky. W, 95-76 Thursday December Illinois State Lexington, Ky. W, 96-70 Friday December Missouri Lexington, Ky. W, 90-77 Tuesday January Florida Gainesville, Fla. W, 87-85 Saturday January Texas A&M L, 92-97 OT Saturday January North Carolina Atlanta Saturday December Home Neutral Away 2023-24 Basketball Schedule Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. W, 109-77 Tuesday February Wildcat Challenge presented by Kentucky Tourism Wildcat Challenge presented by Kentucky Tourism Wildcat Challenge presented by Kentucky Tourism ACC/SEC Challenge CBS Sports Classic State Farm Champions ClassicKENTUCKY BASKETBALL 22 @KentuckyMBB THE BUILDING OF MUSIC CITY: Nash- ville’s earliest settlers celebrated in the late 1700s with fiddle tunes and buck dancing after safely disembarking on the shores of the Cumberland River. Nashville’s first “celebri- ty,” the noted frontiersman and Congressman Davy Crockett was known far and wide for his colorful stories and fiddle playing. As the 1800s unfolded, Nashville grew to become a national center for music pub- lishing. The first around-the-world tour by a musical act was by the Fisk Jubilee Singers from Nashville’s Fisk University. Their efforts helped fund the school’s mission of educat- ing people who were formerly enslaved after the Civil War – and also put Nashville on the map as a global music center. In fact, upon playing for the Queen of England, the queen stated the Fisk Jubilee Singers must come from a "City of Music.” In the 1930s, not far from Fisk Universi- ty, Jefferson Street was quickly becoming a hub for entertainment, music, and nightlife. Speakeasies, supperclubs, dance halls, night- clubs, and more could be found along the popular road, home to Nashville’s rhythm and blues scene. In the 1960s, Jimi Hendrix and Billy Cox held a residency at Club Del Morocco on Jefferson Street, and Nashville is the city Jimi credits for teaching him how to really play. The 1960s also saw the likes of Otis Redding, Little Richard, Etta James (the live Etta James Rocks the House was record- ed at the New Era club in Nashville), and so many more play and sing in the clubs lining the street. Jefferson Street is credited with the emergence of Nashville’s R&B music. HISTORIC VENUES: The most famous music venue in Nashville, the Ryman Audito- rium, was built in 1892 when riverboat cap- tain Tom Ryman completed what was origi- nally named the ”Union Gospel Tabernacle”. When it opened it was the largest auditorium south of the Ohio River. It is nicknamed the “Carnegie Hall of the South” and attracts mu- sicians and fans from all over the world. The Ryman has received Pollstar magazine’s pres- tigious “Theater of the Year” award fourteen times as the best auditorium in the nation to experience live music. The Fisk Jubilee Singers were one of the first musical concerts in the building which was renamed in honor of Captain Ryman af- ter his death in 1904. The Ryman was managed by Lula Naff from 1904-1955 and she booked the top mu- sical acts of the era in the building including Marian Anderson, Caruso, Sandra Bernhardt, Louis Armstrong, John Philip Sousa, and Nat King Cole. It was Lula Naff in 1943 who brought the Grand Ole Opry (which started in 1925) into the Ryman every weekend where it stayed until 1974. Country Music Hall of Fame stars Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, George Jones, Dolly Parton, Charley Pride, and Elvis all performed at the Opry on the Ryman stage for the first time. In 1925, the establishment of radio sta- tion WSM and its launch of the broadcast that would be called the Grand Ole Opry further secured Nashville’s reputation as a musical center and sparked its durable nick- name of Music City. The Opry, still staged live every week, is America’s longest-running radio show, in continuous production for more than 100 years. It ignited the careers of hundreds of country stars and lit the fuse for Nashville to explode into a geographic center for touring and recording. The mod- ern-day empire of Music Row, a collection of recording studios, record labels, enter- tainment offices, and other music-associated businesses, populates the area around 16th and 17th Avenues South. In December 1945 when Bill Monroe played his mandolin at the Ryman with Les- ter Flatt playing guitar, Chubby Wise on fid- dle and Howard Watts on bass a new musi- cal genre of bluegrass music were created on the famous stage. Banjo player Earl Scruggs later joined the group. Today the Ryman celebrates more than 130 years as one of the most famous concert venues in America where stars who normally play arenas and even stadiums perform in the 2,362-seat venue. The long list of famous Ry- man performers includes Bruce Springsteen, Garth Brooks, Paul Simon, The Foo Fighters, Lizzo, Jack White, James Brown, Taylor Swift, and Harry Styles. The Ryman is also open for daily tours where visitors can stand on its famous stage, watch a film of the history of the building, view clothes of Opry performers, and see Ry- man memorabilia. HOW THE LEGACY CONTINUES: Nash- ville has also long been known as the “Song- writing Capital of the World.” Songwriters from all over the globe come to Music City to learn the art and share their passion for song- writing. The famous Bluebird Cafe showcas- es songwriters performing their original mu- sic in an intimate “in the round” setting that was created in Nashville and allows them to share the stories of the inspiration behind their songs. Nashville Songwriters Associa- tion International, NSAI, which fosters the art of songwriting and works to protect artists’ rights, is headquartered here. The Story of Music City For More on the StoryKENTUCKY BASKETBALL 24 @KentuckyMBB Around the SEC Around the Country 2023-24 SEC Standings and Statistics Team SEC Overall Home Road Tennessee 14-4 24-7 14-2 8-3 South Carolina 13-5 25-6 14-3 8-3 Auburn 13-5 24-7 15-1 5-5 Kentucky 13-5 23-8 14-4 7-3 Alabama 13-5 21-10 14-2 5-5 Florida 11-7 21-10 14-1 3-7 Texas A&M 9-9 18-13 10-5 6-6 LSU 9-9 17-14 12-5 3-8 Mississippi State 8-10 19-12 11-4 2-8 Ole Miss 7-11 20-11 15-4 4-7 Georgia 6-12 16-15 12-6 4-6 Arkansas 6-12 15-16 11-6 2-7 Vanderbilt 4-14 9-22 8-10 1-9 Missouri 0-18 8-23 6-11 2-10 Scoring Player-Team ...................................................................PPG Mark Sears, ALA ............................................................21.1 Dalton Knecht, UT ........................................................20.7 Antonio Reeves, UK ......................................................20.2 Wade Taylor IV, TAMU ...................................................18.0 Sean East II, MIZZOU ....................................................17.6 Rebounding Player-Team ...................................................................RPG Andersson Garcia, TAMU ................................................9.3 Johni Broome, AUB .........................................................8.5 Tyrese Samuel, UF ...........................................................7.6 Jonas Aidoo, UT ..............................................................7.6 Micah Handlogten, UF ....................................................7.4 Assists Player-Team ...................................................................APG Zakai Zeigler, UT .............................................................5.9 Zyon Pullin, UF ...............................................................4.9 Reed Sheppard, UK .........................................................4.5 Aaron Estrada, ALA ..........................................................4.4 Ta'Lon Cooper, SC ...........................................................4.3 Steals Player-Team ...................................................................SPG Reed Sheppard, UK .........................................................2.5 Cameron Matthews, MISS ST ...........................................2.1 Wade Taylor IV, TAMU .....................................................2.0 Zakai Zeigler, UT .............................................................1.9 Jordan Wright, LSU ..........................................................1.7 Blocks Player-Team ...................................................................BPG Jamarion Sharp, MISS ......................................................2.4 Johni Broome, AUB .........................................................2.3 Jonas Aidoo, UT ..............................................................1.8 Grant Nelson, ALA ..........................................................1.5 Makhi Mitchell, ARK .......................................................1.4 2023-24 Associated Press Rankings As of March 11, 2024 (week 19) Team Record Points 1 Houston (52) 28-3 1540 2 UConn (6) 28-3 1471 3 Purdue (4) 28-3 1453 4 North Carolina 25-6 1361 5 Tennessee 24-7 1291 6 Arizona 24-7 1125 7 Iowa State 24-7 1120 8 Creighton 23-8 1094 9 Kentucky 23-8 1018 10 Marquette 23-8 1011 11 Duke 24-7 976 12 Auburn 24-7 914 13 Illinois 23-8 802 14 Baylor 22-9 786 15 South Carolina 25-6 567 16 Kansas 22-9 558 17 Gonzaga 24-6 511 18 Utah State 26-5 486 19 Alabama 21-10 432 20 BYU 22-9 381 21 Saint Mary's 24-7 306 22 Washington State 23-8 239 23 Nevada 26-6 223 24 Dayton 24-6 155 25 Texas Tech 22-9 149Monday Nights from 6-7 p.m. on the UK Sports Network. John Calipari Radio Show Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram for complete UK Sports Network coverage of the Cats. Tune in all season long to the UK Sports Network for official coverage of Kentucky Wildcats Basketball. Visit UKathletics.com/ UKSportsNetwork for radio and TV affiliates in your area.KENTUCKY BASKETBALL 26 @KentuckyMBB 2023-24 Kentucky Wildcats Statistics TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROW REBOUNDS SCORING No. Player GP-S Min.-Avg. FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Total Avg. PF DQ A TO Blk. Stl Pts Avg. 12 Reeves, Antonio 31-31 983-31.7 220-434 .507 77-175 .440 110-125 .880 23 110 133 4.3 53 1 52 38 8 22 627 20.2 0 Dillingham, Rob 30-1 688-23.0 161-334 .482 57-128 .445 70-90 .778 7 77 84 2.8 80 2 114 58 2 33 449 15.0 15 Sheppard, Reed 31-5 897-28.9 135-250 .540 71-135 .526 53-63 .841 12 121 133 4.3 57 1 140 62 23 78 394 12.7 4 Mitchell, Tre 25-23 764-30.6 96-202 .475 25-80 .313 51-69 .739 41 131 172 6.9 61 0 69 35 26 19 268 10.7 21 Wagner, D.J. 27-26 701-26.0 102-245 .416 27-88 .307 48-63 .762 5 43 48 1.8 44 1 88 42 5 23 279 10.3 1 Edwards, Justin 30-28 654-21.8 101-203 .498 30-78 .385 37-48 .771 37 69 106 3.5 65 2 27 26 6 28 269 9.0 3 Thiero, Adou 23-18 511-22.2 63-126 .500 7-22 .318 39-49 .796 37 82 119 5.2 49 1 27 16 24 17 172 7.5 44 Ivisic, Zvonimir 13-0 146-11.3 26-48 .542 6-16 .375 15-18 .833 12 30 42 3.2 20 1 6 10 17 4 73 5.6 2 Bradshaw, Aaron 24-10 351-14.6 48-84 .571 4-14 .286 24-42 .571 34 49 83 3.5 49 0 7 9 17 8 124 5.2 33 Onyenso, Ugonna 22-12 407-18.5 31-56 .554 0-1 .000 18-31 .581 40 66 106 4.8 33 0 4 16 59 7 80 3.6 23 Burks, Jordan 20-0 142-7.1 15-25 .600 2-5 .400 5-9 .556 9 24 33 1.7 24 0 5 5 4 3 37 1.9 20 Hart, Joey 7-0 09-1.4 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.4 14 Canada, Brennan 5-0 03-0.8 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 0.4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 22 Horn, Walker 4-0 03-0.8 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 25 Watkins, Kareem 6-1 04-0.8 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 13 Darbyshire, Grant 4-0 02-0.7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 55 51 106 9 Total 31 6275 999-2011 .497 307-745 .412 470-607 .774 312 856 1168 37.7 535 9 541 327 191 242 2775 89.5 Opponents 31 6275 859-2006 .428 259-802 .323 476-662 .719 371 766 1137 36.7 527 8 449 378 112 197 2453 79.1KENTUCKY BASKETBALL @UKSportsNetwork 27 2023-24 Kentucky Wildcats No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown 0 Rob Dillingham G 6-3 176 Fr. Hickory, N.C. 1 Justin Edwards G 6-8 203 Fr. Philadelphia 2 Aaron Bradshaw F 7-1 226 Fr. Roselle, N.J. 3 Adou Thiero G 6-8 222 So. Leetsdale, Pa. 4 Tre Mitchell F 6-9 231 Grad. Pittsburgh 12 Antonio Reeves G 6-6 195 5th Chicago 13 Grant Darbyshire G 6-3 190 So. Cincinnati 14 Brennan Canada F 6-5 200 Grad. Mount Sterling, Ky. 15 Reed Sheppard G 6-3 187 Fr. London, Ky. 20 Joey Hart G 6-5 203 Fr. Linton, Ind. 21 D.J. Wagner G 6-4 192 Fr. Camden, N.J. 22 Walker Horn G 6-3 190 So. Austin, Texas 23 Jordan Burks G 6-8 202 Fr. Decatur, Ala. 25 Kareem Watkins G 5-8 175 Sr. Camden, N.J. 33 Ugonna Onyenso F 7-0 247 So. Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria 44 Zvonimir Ivišić F 7-2 234 Fr. Vitez, Croatia Coaching Staff Head Coach: John Calipari Associate to the Head Coach: James "Bruiser" Flint Associate Coach: Orlando Antigua Assistant Coaches: Ronald "Chin" Coleman, Chuck Martin, John Welch Quick Facts Location: Lexington, Ky. Founded: 1865 Enrollment: 31,800 Conference: SEC28 @KentuckyMBB KENTUCKY BASKETBALL 28 @KentuckyMBB28 @KentuckyMBB High School Ranked as high as No. 2 overall by Rivals and 247Sports … McDonald’s All-Ameri- can … 2023 Iverson Classic selection … NJ.com First-Team All-State … Logged 12.1 points and 9.4 rebounds per game as a se- nior at Camden … Averaged 8.9 points, 7.4 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game as a ju- nior while helping Camden to the NJSIAA Group 2 state championship … Played for NJ Scholars on the EYBL circuit, averaging 12.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.0 blocks … Tallied three double-doubles during Peach Jam prior to senior season. Personal Born Nov. 16 in Newark, New Jersey … Mother is Shawndel Bradshaw … When he’s not playing basketball, he’s playing vid- eo games or meditating … Lists his mother, grandmother and aunt as his life’s greatest influences … Favorite movie is Fifth Element … Chose his jersey number because that represents the day his grandmother passed away … Favorite food is chicken alfredo … Before taking the court he has to tap his feet, shoulders and head … Dunked for the first time in sixth grade … Pregame setlist includes Lauryn Hill and Sade … Lists Kobe Bryant as his favorite former player and An- thony Davis as his favorite former Wildcat … Honor Roll student … Chose Kentucky because it felt like family. Follow AARON on Social Media n @bradshawaaron25 on Twitter/X n @aaron_bradshaw23 on Instagram AARON BRADSHAW 7-0 n 210 n Fr. n Roselle, N.J. #2 n F Click Here for More Information on AaronKENTUCKY BASKETBALL High School An explosive scorer at Overtime Elite and led the league with 27.1 points per game in 2022-23 … Also contributed 7.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.4 steals per game … Scored 20 or more points in all but one game and had a season-high of 42 against OTE com- petition … Suited up for Hillcrest Prep with Overtime Elite and connected on 46.7% of his field-goal attempts, 26.7% from 3-point range and 67% from the charity stripe … Be- gan his high school career at Heritage Chris- tian in his hometown and also suited up for Southern California Academy (California) be- fore his move to OTE … A consensus three- star prospect. Personal Born Aug. 11 … Mother is Vicki Burks … Lists his most memorable moment as a basketball player as scoring 40 or more in three straight games … His most prized possession is his Bible … His mom is his life’s greatest influ- ence … Favorite food is wings (flats) … Favor- ite TV show is Ghost … Has to listen to music before he plays … Dunked for the first time in eighth grade … Anthony Davis is his favorite former Wildcat … Chose Kentucky over Ole Miss, Oregon State and Georgia Tech. Follow JORDAN on Social Media n @jordanburks123 on Twitter/X n @jbxrks on Instagram JORDAN BURKS 6-9 n 190 n Fr. n Decatur, Ala. #23 n G Click Here for More Information on Jordan @UKSportsNetwork 29Next >