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Kentucky has most players on NBA opening day rosters for 13th straight season

The University of Kentucky 29 former players on NBA opening day rosters for the upcoming season.

This marks the 13th consecutive season that Kentucky has had the most former student-athletes on opening day rosters.

Here are more details from UK Athletics:

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The NBA season begins anew on Tuesday night and the Kentucky men’s basketball program finds itself in familiar territory with a nation-leading 29 players on NBA opening-day rosters.

It marks the 13th consecutive season in which the Wildcats have paced the nation in terms of their alumni contingent in the league.