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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 06-21-2018, 03:21 PM:

Kentucky lost a lot of players early to the NBA Draft, per usual. But you can still reasonably argue that, all things considered, this has been a great offseason for the Wildcats. PJ Washington and Quade Green returned to school. Ashton Hagans reclassified. And Reid Travis committed. So now John Calipari has an immensely talented roster that's also sprinkled with experience.

That's a great combination.

The Wildcats could have three non-freshmen starters -- two of whom (Washington and Green) are former five-star prospects who combined to average 20.1 points per game last season, the other a 22-year-old graduate transfer who averaged 19.5 points and 8.7 rebounds as a junior at Stanford. Combine that with the nation's second-ranked recruiting class that's highlighted by the top-ranked point guard (Hagans), and it's enough to make Kentucky the No. 1 team in the updated CBS Sports Top 25 (and one).

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Posted by SCWC (Member # 2464) on 06-21-2018, 04:18 PM:

I saw a report where ESPN has also moved them to number one in their early polling. I don't like starting out at the top, would rather be ranked a little higher to create incentive to move up as the season goes on. I am still concerned about a rim protector.