It will be the second and third time in four years that the Kentucky Men’s Basketball Team will be in the Bahamas for a preseason exhibition game. The 2022 tour starts in Nassau on Wednesday.
Kentucky will play four games during the trip, and all four contests will be held at the Baha Mar Resort. Great Britain start the week by playing the Dominican Republic National Select Team on Wednesday at 7pm.
After Friday’s break, Kentucky will play Carleton (Canada) University on Saturday at 6:00 PM. The tour concludes on Sunday at noon with a match against Great Britain and the Bahamas National Team.
All four matches will be available to watch on the SEC Network and listen to on the UK Sports Network.
Headlining the Wildcats’ comeback is reigning National Player of the Year, Oskar Zibwe. He led the nation with his 15.1 rebounds per game and paced the Cats with 17.4 points per game. Kentucky will also welcome Sahvir Wheeler, who leads the conference and ranks third in the nation with 6.9 assists per game. Forwards Daimion Collins, Jacob Toppin, and Lanceware all helped the Wildcats to his 26-8 record the year before him and earn the No. 2 seed nationally in the NCAA Tournament.
Overall, UK have returned 44.3% of their points, 58.4% of their rebounds, 50% of their steals, 51.2% of their assists and 72.3% of their blocks since pre-season.
Kentucky also welcomes four dynamic newcomers, including top ten signers Chris Livingston and Kayson Wallace. Both players were Gatorade State Player of the Year and McDonald’s All-Americans. Fast-growing prospect Adu Tierro was inked with the Cats late in his contract. Britain also added him one of his transfers top Antonio Olives, who was ranked among the top 20 individual scorers in the United States, averaging 20.1 points per game at Illinois State University one season ago. Did.
This is the third time the Wildcats have landed in the Bahamas as a regular season tune-up, and both times have been positive for the Cats. The UK visited the island for the first time before his 2014-15 season and ignited a magical run, undefeated regular season, SEC regular season and tournament titles, and finals in his trip to the Fours. it’s over. Kentucky reached the Elite 8 in 2019 with a 30-7 record after his 4-0 record in the Bahamas in 2018.
