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Kentucky basketball players say there's 'nothing to worry about' in FBI probe

Matt Stone, the CJ

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky basketball players defended the Wildcats' program when asked about the FBI investigation into college basketball recruiting on Thursday.

Some, but not all, even expressed sympathy for in-state rival Louisville, the program that placed coach Rick Pitino on administrative leave for its involvement.

“We don't have nothing to worry about," Kentucky freshman guard Quade Green said at UK media day Thursday. "None of us are in it. We did everything the right way, and that was that. And we came here because of the right things.