CONGRATULATIONS: Olympic Gold is Won by Former Wildcats Worth….

For the former Kentucky Wildcats, Saturday was yet another historic day at the Olympics. The men’s basketball team, led by Devin Booker’s 15 points, concluded their gold-medal journey.

Masai Russell won the gold medal in the 100-meter hurdles on the track, and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Alexis Holmes were a part of the 4×400-meter relay team that finished in 3:15.27, which was one-tenth of a second slower than the World Record and the second-fastest time in history. With a stunning split of 47.70 seconds on the second leg, McLaughlin-Levrone virtually ended the race.

Mark Pope may have brought in an undervalued team this offseason after rebuilding the team from the ground up with a complete personnel change.

Amari Williams, a big man at Drexel, was Pope’s first transfer pledge at Kentucky, and it might pay off in the end.

Williams and fellow big man Brandon Garrison are ranked as one of the best eight big man duos in college basketball by CBS Sports.
“Carr was fantastic for Wake Forest last season. The 220-pound, 6-foot-10 big guy is an excellent play-finisher. He has the ability to murder you on the block or stretch the floor 37% from downtown. According to Synergy last year, Carr’s post-up efficiency ranked in the 92nd percentile nationwide. It’s true that Kentucky wants to shoot threes, but you can’t cover up Carr and.