There’s a reason the Kentucky Wildcats basketball program continues to get top-tier recruits, and that’s because they are able to continually prove that they can develop some of the best players in the world.
The Cats have had several top-10 recruits come through Lexington, and many of them are making a name for themselves in the NBA. Players like De’Aaron Fox and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and breaking out as full-blown superstars, along with well-known former Cats like Anthony Davis.
For the former Cats, as a whole, they are a dominant group. They rank No. 1 among college basketball programs in terms of how many players averaging over 15 points per game in the NBA.