For nearly every basketball fan growing up in the radius of the University of Kentucky, it would be a dream to be able to play for the Wildcats and join the storied tradition that the program has built.
Scott Padgett was not only able to accomplish that, but he would also go on to coach for the university and had an extended NBA career on top of that. Now leading his own team, Padgett has been able to impart his wisdom onto his players on his path to rebuilding a program.
As Padgett grew up in Louisville, just around an hour and a half away from Kentucky’s famed Lexington campus, he was one of the many that knew that he wanted to play basketball for them.