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An ESPN graphic during last night’s UK Alumni Charity Game leaked news of a televised preseason practice coming up on the network next month. According to the graphic, ESPNU will televise a UK practice on Sunday, October 11.
That is around the same time ESPNU aired the UK Combine last season, so let’s go ahead and assume it’s happening once again. Last year, Jay Bilas, Seth Greenberg, Avery Johnson and Tony Delk were analysts for the televised “practice” on October 10.
Did you miss the game? Shame on you.
Luckily, Kentucky Wildcats TV was in the building with their cameras and they put together a little highlight package for your viewing pleasure.
Be sure to say thanks next time you see them.
Vivek Ranadive, the owner of the Sacramento Kings, and Vlade Divac, the Kings’ VP of basketball operations, flew to Lexington to support DeMarcus Cousins and Willie Cauley-Stein in the UK alumni game. The two sat courtside as they watched their prized big men do work against North Carolina in the exhibition game.
I sat across from them in the second half and I spent most of that time watching Vivek. He was cheering like some little kid who was attending his first basketball game. I’m pretty sure I saw him beg for a free t-shirts when the cheerleaders threw them out, too.
Pretty cool of them to come to Lexington for the game and I believe Vivek is speaking to a class at UK tomorrow.
Go Kings.
The former Tar Heels tried to hang around with the former Wildcats in today’s alumni game but the home team was just too loaded with talent to go down.
DeMarcus Cousins led the way for UK with 33 points, 18 rebounds, six assists and three blocks, all team-highs. He hit several three-pointers in the game, leading Calipari to say afterward, “He tried to show me I should have let him go.”
Harrison Barnes was the game’s leading scorer with 39 for the visitors. His night ended with a missed windmill attempt that he pinned against the rim before falling to the floor.
All in all, it was a fun-filled evening in Rupp Arena to cap off an exciting weekend and it was all for good cause. Here is a list of beneficiaries from the event:
We’ll have some highlights from the game on the site here in a second.
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