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Topic: Quickley goes from question mark to unquestionable leader for Kentucky
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catmandoo
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posted 03-11-2020 06:06 PM
While Arkansas’ Mason Jones and Mississippi State’s Reggie Perry shared the Associated Press’s SEC Player of the Year award, sophomore guard Immanuel Quickley was named the fourth Wildcat in John Calipari’s 11 seasons at Kentucky (five if you included AP honors) to be named the player of the year in the SEC by the coaches.
Not bad for a kid that was shooting 39.3 percent from the field, 30.8 percent from 3 and wasn’t even a permanent starter in the Kentucky rotation until the latter part of January.
Quickley’s rise to stardom in the league and across the nation over the last couple months has been not only big for his future as an NBA prospect, but has vaulted Kentucky back into the conversation of potential championship contenders after a rocky first two months that saw them lose to Evansville, Utah and Ohio State before the turn of the new year.
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Bama Cat
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posted 03-11-2020 10:52 PM
I picked Quickly to be the most improved player before the season started and picked him to be the top scorer for the team. It's amazing how all the experts were picking Hagans to be the star of the team and Quickly to return for a third year. I believe the shoe is on the other foot now. Quickly be drafted this year, and again he may decide to stick around another year.
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