John Calipari and Orlando Antigua are in Spain watching Kentucky’s top recruiting targets compete in the FIBA U17 World Cup with Team USA, who is competing for its sixth consecutive gold medal.
USA opened the event with a blowout 120-44 victory over Lebanon on Saturday at Palacio de los Deportes Elena Benítez. It was a game in which the team scored 53 points off 34 turnovers while holding the opposition to 25% shooting from the field overall.
Kentucky’s top targets suiting up for Team USA? 2024 five-star guard Ian Jackson, who was a co-leading scorer for the U.