During the dreadful 9-16 season in 2020-21, Kentucky basketball had a ton of weaknesses, but none were more glaring than the point guard position. John Calipari knew that had to get fixed in the offseason. The Hall of Fame head coach decided to go fishing in the transfer portal.
After a long pursuit, Kentucky landed Georgia transfer Sahvir Wheeler and has built their current team around the diminutive left-hander’s strengths. Those skills were on full display in Kentucky’s 78-57 beatdown over Florida.
Behind a pace-setting performance by the junior lead guard, Kentucky’s offense was locked in as the Wildcats improved to 10-2 in SEC play to stay in the regular-season championship hunt.