The Kentucky men’s basketball injury issues from a season ago are well-documented. Nagging lower leg injuries, back problems, and even a concussion set back the Wildcats down the final stretch. A lot of injuries are flukes — there isn’t much an ankle can do when it lands sideways on another player’s foot. But Kentucky experienced a flurry of injuries in 2021-22 that always seemed to happen at the most inopportune times.
With Brady Welsh, the program’s new strength and conditioning coach, taking over the position in May, the hope is Kentucky doesn’t meet a similar fate in ’22-23.