Graduate transfer Reid Travis already sees improvement thanks to increased practice competition at UK. Jon Hale, Louisville Courier Journal
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PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Kentucky opened its four-game Bahamas exhibition series with an 85-61 win over the Bahamas national team.
The Wildcats looked dominate early with a 13-0 run to start the game but trailed early in the second half before rallying for the victory.
Here are three things we learned in the first Bahamas exhibition:
Don't count out Richards
When Mike Rice, the former Rutgers coach who coached Nick Richards in high school, told the Courier Journal earlier this summer Richards was poised for a "monster sophomore season," the comment could have been easily dismissed as biased optimism from someone close to the 7-footer.