It came out last night that Mr. Basketball Reed Sheppard would not be participating in the Kentucky-Indiana All-Star games in June.
While it’s rare for a Mr. Basketball to miss the series, it turns out that Sheppard has a good reason.
According to a report this morning by Larry Vaught, Sheppard will be doing two-a-day practices with the Kentucky Wildcats as the team prepares for their July exhibition trip to Canada.
Here is an excerpt:
Multiple sources confirmed Monday that Sheppard will be involved in two-a-day practice sessions at the University of Kentucky in preparation for the team’s July exhibition trip to Canada on the days the Kentucky-Indiana games are being played. Summer school will also be starting and presents some conflicts for him.
Sheppard is a McDonald’s All-American — only the fifth player from Kentucky to play for UK and be a McDonald’s All-American joining Dirk Minniefield (1979), Winston Bennett (1983), Rex Chapman (1986), and Rajon Rondo (2004).
Sheppard will also miss the scrimmage on Saturday against the Kentucky juniors that would have paired him against Lyon County’s Travis Perry, the state’s all-time leading scorer. The two played against each other last season with Lyon County winning.
