Ben Roberts
Sports Writer at Lexington Herald-Leader
University of Kentucky men's basketball beat writer for the Lexington Herald-Leader. ✉️ [email protected]
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3 days ago |
kentucky.com | Ben Roberts
AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroomMark Pope has secured two top-five transfer classes since taking over at KentuckyTop UK targets Chaz Lanier and Yaxel Lendeborg praised Pope at the NBA CombineDespite missing out on Lendeborg, Kentucky has put together a deep frontcourtMark Pope has obviously done well for himself in the transfer portal since taking over as Kentucky’s basketball coach a little more than a year ago.
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1 week ago |
kentucky.com | Ben Roberts
In our In the Spotlight stories, Herald-Leader journalists bring you continuing coverage of news and events important to our Central Kentucky community. Read more. Story idea? [email protected]. Two things can be true at the same time, and Otega Oweh’s first season as a Kentucky basketball player was a fine illustration of that. UK coach Mark Pope summed it up in back-to-back sentences this month.
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1 week ago |
kentucky.com | Ben Roberts
Otega Oweh will return to Kentucky for his senior year of college basketball. The leading scorer from Mark Pope’s first Wildcats’ team announced Wednesday that he is removing his name from the 2025 NBA draft in order to play one more season at UK, where he blossomed into an all-league-caliber performer over the course of the 2024-25 campaign.
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2 weeks ago |
kentucky.com | Ben Roberts
Running down the list of his future Kentucky basketball teammates and what he knew about them, a wide grin appeared on Brandon Garrison’s face as soon as Mouhamed Dioubate’s name was mentioned. Garrison — the Wildcats’ returning post player, listed at 6-10 and 250 pounds — was known for occasionally rubbing opponents the wrong way last season with his rough play.
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2 weeks ago |
bellinghamherald.com | Ben Roberts
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RT @cmakauskas: FINAL (OT) -- UK 71, LOUISVILLE 61. UK's first ranked W of the year. The starting five showed a lot of grit in this year's…
RT @cdrummond97: The convenience of Jasper Johnson and Malachi Moreno being local recruits with UK ties isn’t lost on Mark Pope. But wheth…
NEW: "There’s a lot we were really proud of. And there’s so much that we need to work on." Mark Pope on what Kentucky will be focusing on in the near future. The Cats have four games in a row in which they'll be heavily favored. Then the gauntlet begins. https://t.co/RLQ6dXxwD1
