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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 07-29-2020, 09:39 PM:

The hope is this will be another one of John Calipari’s special teams that makes it all the way to the Final Four, something they haven’t done since 2015. Calipari himself has expressed a lot of excitement that this group can be special, largely due to a unique blend of impact veterans and blue-chip recruits that helped UK reach four Final Fours in a five-year span while winning the 2012 National Championship.

But for that to occur next season, two things must happen.

The first is Olivier Sarr being ruled eligible to play next season. The former Wake Forest center will be an all-conference level player if he gets a transfer waiver, though the calendar is now turning to August and still no word on if he can play next season.

Another key to UK reaching its full potential next season is how good freshman guard Brandon ‘BJ Boston can be. UK’s first top-five recruit since 2015 has the potential to also be the Wildcats’ first top-five NBA Draft pick since 2017.

Now, Kenny Payne is adding to the hype.

In an interview with Kyle Tucker of The Athletic, UK’s associate head coach provided some added excitement in regards to Sarr and Boston.

In the case of Sarr, Payne is confident the big man will be eligible to play next season.

“I feel comfortable that we’re going to have Olivier,” Payne told The Athletic last week.

As for Sarr’s game, Payne is really excited about what kind of impact the senior center can provide UK.

“Olivier is proven, he’s done it on a big scale in a great conference, and we’re expecting him to be even better than he was at Wake,” Payne said. “He’s a unique big man who can really change the game in different, dynamic ways: He can shoot it from 3, shoot it from mid-range, is good in the post, a really good passer.”

[url=Another key to UK reaching its full potential next season is how good freshman guard Brandon ‘BJ Boston can be. UK’s first top-five recruit since 2015 has the potential to also be the Wildcats’ first top-five NBA Draft pick since 2017.

Now, Kenny Payne is adding to the hype.

In an interview with Kyle Tucker of The Athletic, UK’s associate head coach provided some added excitement in regards to Sarr and Boston.

In the case of Sarr, Payne is confident the big man will be eligible to play next season.

“I feel comfortable that we’re going to have Olivier,” Payne told The Athletic last week.

As for Sarr’s game, Payne is really excited about what kind of impact the senior center can provide UK.

“Olivier is proven, he’s done it on a big scale in a great conference, and we’re expecting him to be even better than he was at Wake,” Payne said. “He’s a unique big man who can really change the game in different, dynamic ways: He can shoot it from 3, shoot it from mid-range, is good in the post, a really good passer.”

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