Want to watch ex-Kentucky basketball players, coaches in Men's March Madness? Here's how
LEXINGTON — A number of former Kentucky basketball players and coaches will participate in this year's NCAA Tournament.
Not surprisingly, the overwhelming majority of ex-Wildcats are concentrated on one team elsewhere in the SEC.
Note that this list does not include four players who initially were part of UK's 2024 recruiting class — Somto Cyril, Boogie Fland, Karter Knox and Billy Richmond — but were released from their letters of intent after John Calipari left Lexington to become Arkansas' coach.
Fland, Knox and Richmond joined the Razorbacks, while Cyril signed with Georgia, which plays Gonzaga in Wichita, Kansas, on Thursday.
Here's a look ex-Kentucky players and coaches who will appear in March Madness this year:
Time at UK: One season (2020-21)
Current stats: 1.3 points and 1.1 rebounds in 4.3 minutes per game (11 appearances, no starts)
Xavier's 2024-25 record: 21-11 (13-7 Big East)
First-round NCAA opponent: Texas (First Four; approx. 9:10 p.m. Wednesday, truTV)
Time at UK: One season (2023-24)
Current stats: 9.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2 blocks in 20.1 minutes per game (32 appearances, 19 starts)
' 2024-25 record: 20-13 (8-10 SEC)
First-round NCAA opponent: Kansas (7:10 p.m. Thursday, CBS)
Time at UK: Two seasons (2022-23 and 2023-24)
Current stats: 15.6 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.7 steals in 28.4 minutes per game (26 appearances, all starts)
Arkansas' 2024-25 record: 20-13 (8-10 SEC)
First-round NCAA opponent: Kansas (7:10 p.m. Thursday, CBS)
Time at UK: One season (2023-24)
Current stats: 11.1 points, 2.7 rebounds, 3.5 assists in 34.3 minutes per game (33 appearances, all starts)
Arkansas' 2024-25 record: 20-13 (8-10 SEC)
First-round NCAA opponent: Kansas (7:10 p.m. Thursday, CBS)
Time at UK: Fifteen seasons (2009-10 through 2023-24)
Arkansas' 2024-25 record: 20-13 (8-10 SEC)
First-round NCAA opponent: Kansas (7:10 p.m. Thursday, CBS)
Time at UK: Eight seasons (1989-90 through 1996-97)
St. John's 2024-25 record: 30-4 (18-2 Big East)
First-round NCAA opponent: Omaha (approx: 9:45 p.m. Thursday, CBS)
Time at UK: Eight seasons (2009-10 through 2013-14; 2021-22 through 2023-24)
Illinois' 2024-25 record: 21-12 (12-8 Big Ten)
First-round NCAA opponent: Texas/Xavier (approx. 9:45 p.m. Friday, CBS)
Time at UK: Three seasons (2021-22 through 2023-24)
Arkansas' 2024-25 record: 20-13 (8-10 SEC)
First-round NCAA opponent: Kansas (7:10 p.m. Thursday, CBS)
Time at UK: Four seasons (2020-21 through 2023-24)
Arkansas' 2024-25 record: 20-13 (8-10 SEC)
First-round NCAA opponent: Kansas (7:10 p.m. Thursday, CBS)
Time at UK: One season (2023-24)
Arkansas' 2024-25 record: 20-13 (8-10 SEC)
First-round NCAA opponent: Kansas (7:10 p.m. Thursday, CBS)
Time at UK: 10 seasons (2010-11 through 2019-20)
Arkansas' 2024-25 record: 20-13 (8-10 SEC)
First-round NCAA opponent: Kansas (7:10 p.m. Thursday, CBS)
Reach Kentucky men's basketball and football reporter Ryan Black at rblack@gannett.com and follow him on X at @RyanABlack.
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Kentucky basketball: How to watch ex-Wildcats in March Madness games
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