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Kentucky cracks the top 15 in 247 Sports’ updated college basketball rankings
The Kentucky Wildcats have had an eventful offseason with hiring a new head coach and heavy activity in the transfer portal.
New head coach Mark Pope has revamped the roster into one that has the potential to be really fun to watch.
247 Sports agrees, ranking Kentucky 15th in the country following the NBA Draft deadline and the transfer portal.
The Wildcats were wildly active in the transfer portal, signing Lamont Butler (San Diego State), Otega Oweh (Oklahoma), Amari Williams (Drexel), Brandon Garrison (Oklahoma State), Kerr Kriisa (West Virginia), Koby Brea (Dayton), Andrew Carr (Wake Forest) and Jaxson Robinson (BYU).
Watching the Big 12, as a University of Cincinnati alum and Bearcats fan (don’t worry, I’m still a Kentucky fan), I can tell you that Oweh, Garrison, Kriisa, and Robinson are great additions. Robinson, having played for Pope at BYU, is going to bring a strong 3-point shooting element this team will benefit from. His experience playing for Pope will also be vital for Kentucky this season.
247 Sports cites the “shooting, rim protection and experience combined with this scheme could morph into something super dangerous.”
Specifically, 247 Sports says Otega Oweh is “exactly the type of weapon Pope needed to vary Kentucky’s offensive repertoire.”
Kentucky is the fourth-highest-ranked SEC team on the list, behind Auburn, Alabama, and Tennessee.
Texas A&M, Florida, and Arkansas sit behind Kentucky, while Ole Miss was among the teams that just missed the cut.
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4 dead in Kentucky after heavy rain and floods put 12 state roads
Four people have died due to flooding from thunderstorms in Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear said Saturday, and he issued a state of emergency with additional rainfall expected.
Flash flood warnings were in effect Saturday for parts of Kentucky and Indiana amid heavy rainfall, according to the National Weather Service.
The agency late Saturday afternoon said between 4 and 10 inches of rain had already fallen in some parts of southwestern Indiana, with more possible.
Beshear’s office said up to 7 inches of rain were expected in parts of his state through the late evening.
He said on social media that three people had died in Madison County and one in Jackson County due to flooding.
“This is a serious flooding event, where teams have already had to conduct multiple water rescues from vehicles and homes across the commonwealth,” he said in a statement. “As more heavy rain continues through late tonight, we need folks to remain alert and to avoid driving, especially after dark when there is limited visibility.”
Beshear said there were “significant roads underwater” in Madison County, with search and rescue teams sent to that region. He also said at least 12 state roads were “out of commission” because they were flooded.
In northwestern Kentucky, just outside Louisville, Bullitt County emergency management officials asked residents of a rural road to evacuate as a precaution after a landslide at a dam embankment. The dam was holding and there was no indication of imminent failure, they said.
The area saw about 3 inches of rain in the past two days, according to the National Weather Service.
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