Kentucky ranked as the 41st-most talented team in college basketball franchise history with the help….
We are just over a month away from Big Blue Madness, which will kick off the Mark Pope era of Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball.
This offseason has been jam-packed with news around the program, but overall, it is a whole new staff and roster that will be representing UK this season.
Overall, this roster is going to look vastly different than we have become used to over the last 15 seasons, as the team is made up of veteran college basketball players, including a handful of fifth-year seniors.
The biggest question mark surrounding this team, though, still remains: How good can they be?
Well, according to the Bart Torvik analytics system, the Cats enter the season with the 41st-most talented team in the sport.
While the talent may not be up to par with what we’ve been accustomed to, Bart Torvik still thinks Kentucky will have a decent season. Per the analytics, the Cats are ranked 23rd overall, highlighted by an adjusted offense efficiency rating of 26th overall and an adjusted defense efficiency rating of 25th. The system also projects a final record of 20-11 for the Cats.
The record might not impress a lot of fans in the BBN, but it does seem like a fair assessment at the moment of the roster. With a huge matchup against Duke to start the season, luckily, we will get an opportunity to see how this team stacks up against one of the most talented rosters in the country.
Recruiting never stops, even on the day before Jasper Johnson’s commitment announcement on Thursday afternoon.
Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Pope and three assistants were in for class of 2025 forward Caleb Wilson at his home gym at Holy Innocents in Atlanta.
This is notable because Wilson is slated for an official visit to Lexington next week, and Kentucky is in decent shape with the top-10 prospect out of Georgia.
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Wilson is scheduled for an official visit to Alabama this weekend and has one scheduled at Auburn for October 27th.
Among other teams and coaches in attendance for Wilson were Arkansas coach John Calipari and one assistant, Oregon coach Dana Altman, and Georgia Tech head coach Damon Stoudamire. Kentucky seems to be the only program that sent the entire coaching staff.
Wilson is ranked as the No. 6 overall player by 247 Sports and the No. 3 power forward.
