Basics: Nick Richards is a 6-foot-11, 240-pound Jamaican native but played his high school basketball in New Jersey. Richards has only been playing basketball for about five years. He was ranked the No. 17 player in the Rivals150 and picked UK over Arizona, UConn and St. John’s.
2017-2018: Richards averaged 5.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and one block per game during his freshman season. Richards started every game for the Cats, but his minutes decreased as the season progressed. UK’s thin frontcourt allowed Richards to get more minutes, but he only played double-digit minutes in one of UK’s final 10 games.