Kentucky MBB Stats & Info

Stats, notes, announcements and general historical information on the Kentucky men's basketball team via the UK communications and public relations department.

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Of the 74 players who have finished their college careers at UK under Calipari, 45 have been selected in the NBA Draft, a 60.8% success rate. Another five of those made the NBA.

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Some draft notes ...

In 13 seasons with @UKCoachCalipari at the helm, Kentucky has churned out three No. 1 selections, 34 first-rounders, 22 lottery picks and 45 total players in the NBA Draft.

The 45 draft picks are 12 more than the next closest school (Duke).

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Of the 32 players at Kentucky who have declared for the NBA Draft after their freshman seasons, 29 have been first-round picks (does not include Terrence Clarke). All previous players have played a game in the NBA.

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It marks the second straight draft a UK player has been taken by Memphis but then had his draft rights traded.

Washington’s rights have been proposed to move to Houston. Draft night trades will be finalized at a later date.

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Kentucky to the @NBA 😼

With the 29th pick in the 2022 @NBADraft, the @memgrizz have selected @tytywashington3.

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Sharpe was the first Wildcat off the board tonight.

He is the third player in UK program history to be selected by Portland and the first since Sam Bowie in 1984.

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Lexington → Portland

The @trailblazers have selected @ShaedonSharpe with the 7th pick in the 2022 @NBADraft.

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With Tyler Herro's Sixth Man of the Year win, @UKCoachCalipari has now had a former player win all of the NBA's top honors.

Rose (MVP), Camby (Defensive), Rose/Evans/Towns (Rookie) and Randle (MIP).

Booker, Wall and Cousins have also won the NBA Cares Community Assist Award.

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NBA 6th Man of the Year!!!

Congrats, @raf_tyler 🙌

#LaFamilia x #6MOTYLER

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Tshiebwe is just the second player in the @UKCoachCalipari era to return for a second season after leading the team in scoring the season before.

He is the first NPOY to return to school since UNC's Tyler Hansbrough in 2008-09.

[Big O @Oscartshiebwe34]

I’M BACK 🔵⚪️🔵⚪️

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Tshiebwe is also the first SEC player to win all six "nationally-recognized" NPOY honors: Associated Press, Sporting News, NABC, USBWA, Naismith and Wooden.

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.@Oscartshiebwe34 is the first UK player to become a unanimous National Player of the Year.

He's the second player @UKCoachCalipari has coached who earned the distinction. Marcus Camby (1996) at UMass also claimed the honor.

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UNANIMOUS NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR

For the first time in Kentucky men's basketball history, a Wildcat has won all six NCAA-recognized national player of the year awards.

#OscarWorthy x @Oscartshiebwe34

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Oscar Tshiebwe is the first @KentuckyMBB ever to have at least 30 points and 15 rebounds in an NCAA Tournament game

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He's a rebounding MACHINE 🤖

@KentuckyMBB's @Oscartshiebwe34 surpassed Kenneth Faried for the modern day rebounding record! 😤

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Tshiebwe is the 21st player to earn consensus first-team All-America honors and the fifth under @UKCoachCalipari.

The other Cal era players were: Wall (2010), Davis (2012), Cauley-Stein (2015) and Ulis (2016).

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CONSENSUS FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICAN

@Oscartshiebwe34 becomes the 21st player to earn consensus first-team All-America honors in program history 💪

📝https://t.co/OwdnYEjXxo

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.@KentuckyMBB's Oscar Tshiebwe has tied for the most games with at least 10 rebounds in a single season by a Division I men's basketball player over the last 12 seasons (31) (also done by Morehead State's Kenneth Faried in 2010-2011)

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.@Oscartshiebwe34 just recorded his 27th double-double of the season.

That is a single-season UK record.

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Friday's win over Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals was @UKCoachCalipari's 24th.

He tied Tubby Smith for the third-most in tournament history. A win in the semifinals will tie Calipari with Wimp Sanderson for second-most.

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.@Oscartshiebwe34 tied Dan Issel's UK single-season record with his 26th double-double in the win over Vanderbilt on Friday.

The NCAA single-season record is 31 set by Navy's David Robinson in 1987.

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TyTy Washington has tied the school record for most points scored by a freshman in their SEC Tournament debut (25) (also done by Keith Bogans vs. Arkansas on March 10th, 2000)

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Sahvir Wheeler had the 2nd most assists by a @KentuckyMBB player in a SEC Tournament game (11) (Ashton Hagans had 12 vs. Tennessee in 2019)