The smart money is on both leaving school, but their struggles have certainly added some intrigue the decisions.Īsked about Boston's recent improvements after the regular-season finale, Calipari seemingly made the case for Kentucky's leading scorer to return to school. Projected lottery picks almost never return to college, and Kentucky has never had one come back to school in the Calipari era.īoston and Clarke are almost certain to at least enter the draft to gather feedback from NBA teams. Jackson lacked the prospect hype that Boston and Clarke brought to campus as consensus top-10 recruits in the 2020 high school class, but he is the lock of the three to leave school now. 8 on its top-100 prospects list while dropping Boston to No. Since that mock draft was released, ESPN elevated Jackson to No. Likely to enter NBA draftĮSPN's most recent 2021 mock draft included three Kentucky freshmen as picks: forward Isaiah Jackson (15), guard Brandon Boston (26) and guard Terrence Clarke (44). Who will leave the UK roster, and who will return next season? Here is a closer look at the pending stay-or-go decisions. MORE: Kentucky basketball seasons ends with loss to Mississippi State in SEC Tournament opener However, likely changes to the NCAA transfer system and the presence of several Kentucky players on 2021 NBA mock drafts adds doubt to that prognosis. Perhaps the 2020-21 struggles can accelerate that process by forcing the bulk of the roster to return to school. Now the focus fully shifts to the future.Ī vocal segment of Big Blue Nation has long called for UK coach John Calipari to place a greater emphasis on experience in building his rosters each year. The nightmare season is finished after Kentucky's 74-73 SEC Tournament loss to Mississippi State. No Kentucky player was named All-SEC by the league coaches for the first time since they started picking All-SEC teams in 1956. They got off to the worst start in the program's history since 1927.
The Wildcats posted the program's first losing record since 1989.
LEXINGTON - No one associated with the Kentucky basketball program will look back on the 2020-21 season fondly.
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