Yahoo! Sports says the Kentucky Wildcats are one of college basketball’s biggest losers in terms of NBA Draft declarations.
The report is no surprise considering that UK lost seven players.
Here’s what the article says about the Cats:
5. Kentucky: Unlike last spring when a handful of Kentucky underclassmen unexpectedly returned to school, the Wildcats lost almost every top prospect they could have. Seven standouts from this past season’s 38-1 team jointly turned pro: Karl-Anthony Towns, Willie Cauley-Stein, Devin Booker, Trey Lyles, Andrew and Aaron Harrison and Dakari Johnson. The reason Kentucky isn’t higher on this list is the same reason Duke and Arizona aren’t either despite losing a trio of players apiece to the NBA draft. All three of these programs recruit at a level at which they expect to lose players early every offseason and all three of these programs are well-stocked for next season in spite of the departures. Kentucky will build around point guard Tyler Ulis, frontcourt standouts Marcus Lee and Alex Poythress and a recruiting class headlined by Rivals.com No. 1 prospect Skal Labissiere. The Wildcats would still like to add another impact player or two this spring, but they’ll crack the preseason top 5 next fall regardless.
