On Thursday, Kentucky picked up a big recruiting win. That’s nothing new. What is new however is that for a second straight year, it wasn’t a high school All-American who chose Kentucky (although a few of them have over the past few months). Instead it was a graduate transfer.
That player is Nate Sestina, who followed the lead of Reid Travis, and elected to use his final season of college eligibility in Lexington. The 6’9 Sestina averaged just under 16 points and eight boards per game last year, while shooting 38 percent from behind the arc.
With the news, it helps shore up a massive need in Kentucky’s front-court, where the team will lose Travis and P.