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Reports: UK guard Shaedon Sharpe leaving for NBA draft without playing a game for Wildcats

LEXINGTON - No coach is more closely tied to one-and-done NBA draft picks than John Calipari.

Now, Kentucky basketball's Hall of Fame coach is left to explain how his program progressed to a none-and-done player. According to reports from The Athletic and ESPN, UK freshman guard Shaedon Sharpe will declare for the draft and ending his Kentucky career without playing a single game for the Wildcats.

The former No. 1-ranked prospect in the high school class of 2022, Sharpe graduated a semester early to enroll at Kentucky with the intention of only practicing this season before playing in 2022-23.