Kentucky sophomore center Nick Richards will be the first to tell you his first season as a Wildcat did not go as expected. He came in as highly-touted five-star prospect with high expectations, but by the end of the year, he struggled to earn minutes entirely.
In the team’s final ten games, Richards broke ten minutes on the floor just once. And in that span, he never scored more than two points in a single game.
His confidence was shot. He didn’t even flirt with the idea of putting his name in the NBA Draft.
Through four games in the Bahamas and Kentucky’s annual Blue-White scrimmage, however, Richards looks like a completely different player.