2022-2023 Kentucky Basketball Roster
# | Player | Class | Hometown (Last School) | Ht | Wt |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | Jacob Toppin | SR | Brooklyn, NY (Woodstock Academy) | 6'9" | 195 |
1 | CJ Fredrick | R-JR | Cincinnati (Covington Cath) | 6'3" | 195 |
2 | Sahvir Wheeler | SR | Houston (Houston Christian) | 5'9" | 180 |
3 | Adou Thiero | SO | Leetsdale, PA (Quaker Valley) | 6'8" | 222 |
4 | Daimion Collins | SO | Atlanta, TX (Atlanta) | 6'9" | 190 |
12 | Antonio Reeves | SR | Chicago, IL (Simeon) | 6'4" | 205 |
13 | Grant Darbyshire | SO | Cincinnati, OH (Sycamore) | 6'2" | 190 |
14 | Brennan Canada | GR | Mount Sterling, KY (George Rogers Clark) | 6'6" | 205 |
22 | Cason Wallace | FR | Richardson, TX (Richardson) | 6'4" | 185 |
22 | Walker Horn | SO | Austin, TX (Westlake) | 6'3" | 200 |
24 | Chris Livingston | FR | Akron, OH (Oak Hill Academy) | 6'6" | 170 |
25 | Kareem Watkins | SR | Camden, NJ (Kingsway Regional) | 5'8" | 175 |
33 | Ugonna Onyenso | SO | Owerri, Nigeria (Putnam Science Academy) | 6'11" | 225 |
34 | Oscar Tshiebwe | SR | Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kennedy Catholic) | 6'9" | 254 |
55 | Lance Ware | JR | Camden, NJ (Camden) | 6'9" | 223 |
Staff:
Head Coach: John Calipari (Clarion, 1982)
Associate to the Head Coach: Bruiser Flint (Saint Joseph’s, 1987)
Associate Coach: Orlando Antigua (Pittsburgh, 1995)
Assistant Coaches: Chin Coleman (Lamar, 1997), K.T. Turner (Oklahoma City, 2003)
Associate AD/Basketball Operations: Chris Woolard (UCLA, 1997)
Strength and Conditioning Coach: Brady Welsh (Eastern Illinois, 2015)
Head Athletic Trainer: Geoffrey Staton (North Carolina, 2007)
Director of Player Development: TJ Beisner (Kentucky, 2008)
On This Day In UK Basketball History
- On March 19, 1966, Pat Riley joined the 1,000-point club. He did it in 54 games.
- On March 19, 1966, in one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, top-ranked UK, featuring “Rupp’s Runts,” loses in the NCAA Championship game, 72-65, to Texas Western.
- On March 19, 1989, in the wake of an NCAA investigation, Eddie Sutton resigns as UK basketball coach.