2022-2023 Kentucky Wildcats

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2022-2023 Kentucky Wildcats Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
14 Brennan Canada Sr SF 6-6 205 Jul 15, 2000 Mt. Sterling (KY) United States George Rogers Clark High School
4 Daimion Collins So F 6-9 210 Oct 28, 2002 Atlanta (TX) United States Atlanta High School
13 Grant Darbyshire Fr G 6-2 190 - Cincinnati (OH) United States N/A
1 C.J. Fredrick Sr SG 6-3 185 Jul 10, 1999 Alexandria (KY) United States Covington Catholic High School
21 Walker Horn Fr G 6-4 200 - Covington (KY) United States Westlake High School
24 Chris Livingston Fr SG 6-6 220 Oct 15, 2003 Akron (OH) United States Oak Hill Academy
33 Ugonna Onyenso Fr C 6-11 225 Sep 25, 2004 Owerri Nigeria Putnam Science Academy
12 Antonio Reeves Jr GF 6-5 205 Nov 20, 2000 Phoenix (AZ) United States Simeon Career Academy
3 Adou Thiero Fr G 6-6 200 May 8, 2004 Leetsdale (PA) United States Quaker Valley High School
0 Jacob Toppin Sr SF 6-9 205 May 8, 2000 Ossining (NY) United States Woodstock Academy
34 Oscar Tshiebwe Jr C 6-9 260 Nov 27, 1999 Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo Kennedy Catholic High School
22 Cason Wallace Fr SG 6-4 193 Nov 7, 2003 Richardson (TX) United States Richardson High School
55 Lance Ware Jr F 6-9 235 - Burlington (NJ) United States Camden High School
25 Kareem Watkins Jr G 5-8 175 - Camden (NJ) United States Kingsway Regional High School
2 Sahvir Wheeler Sr PG 5-9 180 Jan 17, 2001 Houston (TX) United States Houston Christian High School

Recent Kentucky Wildcats History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2022-2023 22-12 (12-6) 3rd (SEC) 3rd Rnd NCAA 2nd Rnd
2021-2022 26-8 (14-4) 2nd (SEC) 4th Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2020-2021 9-16 (8-9) 8th (SEC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 25-6 (15-3) 1st (SEC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 30-7 (15-3) 2nd (SEC) 4th Rnd NCAA 4th Rnd
2017-2018 26-11 (10-8) 4th (SEC) Champion NCAA 3rd Rnd
2016-2017 32-6 (16-2) 1st (SEC) Champion NCAA 4th Rnd
2015-2016 27-9 (13-5) 1st (SEC) Champion NCAA 2nd Rnd
2014-2015 38-1 1st (SEC) Champion NCAA 4th Rnd
2013-2014 29-11 (12-6) 2nd (SEC) Runner Up NCAA Runner Up
2012-2013 21-12 (12-6) 2nd (SEC) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2011-2012 38-2 1st (SEC) Runner Up NCAA Champion
2010-2011 29-9 (10-6) 3rd (SEC) Champion NCAA 5th Rnd
2009-2010 35-3 (14-2) 1st (SEC) Champion NCAA 4th Rnd
2008-2009 22-14 (8-8) 7th (SEC) 2nd Rnd NIT 3rd Rnd
2007-2008 18-13 (12-4) 2nd (SEC) 2nd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2006-2007 22-12 (9-7) 4th (SEC) 2nd Rnd NCAA 2nd Rnd
2005-2006 22-13 (9-7) 6th (SEC) 3rd Rnd NCAA 2nd Rnd
2004-2005 28-6 (14-2) 1st (SEC) Runner Up NCAA 4th Rnd
2003-2004 27-5 (13-3) 2nd (SEC) Champion NCAA 2nd Rnd
2002-2003 31-5 1st (SEC) Champion NCAA 4th Rnd

2022-2023 Kentucky Wildcats Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Oscar Tshiebwe USBWA All-District Team (IV)
Oscar Tshiebwe Consensus All-American Second Team
Oscar Tshiebwe NABC All-American Second Team
Oscar Tshiebwe NABC All-District (20) First Team
Oscar Tshiebwe AP All-American Second Team
Oscar Tshiebwe USBWA All-American Second Team
Oscar Tshiebwe Sporting News All-American Third Team
Oscar Tshiebwe First Team All-SEC (Coaches)
Antonio Reeves SEC Sixth-Man of the Year
Chris Livingston SEC All-Freshman Team
Cason Wallace SEC All-Freshman Team
Oscar Tshiebwe SEC Player of the Week (Jan 23, 2023)
Oscar Tshiebwe SEC Player of the Week (Feb 27, 2023)
Chris Livingston SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb 20, 2023)
Cason Wallace SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb 6, 2023)
Cason Wallace SEC Freshman of the Week (Jan 30, 2023)
Cason Wallace SEC Freshman of the Week (Dec 26, 2022)
Oscar Tshiebwe All-SEC First Team (AP)

2022-2023 Kentucky Wildcats Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters C. Wallace C. Livingston A. Reeves J. Toppin O. Tshiebwe
Rotation   C. Fredrick      
Lim PT S. Wheeler A. Thiero B. Canada D. Collins L. Ware
Lim PT   W. Horn     U. Onyenso
Lim PT   K. Watkins      

2022-2023 Kentucky Wildcats Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Oscar Tshiebwe 32 33.5 16.5 13.7 1.6 1.6 1.0 2.0
Antonio Reeves 34 27.8 14.4 2.1 1.1 0.4 0.2 1.5
Jacob Toppin 33 31.4 12.4 6.8 2.2 0.5 0.5 1.5
Cason Wallace 32 32.1 11.7 3.7 4.2 2.0 0.5 2.1
Sahvir Wheeler 21 28.4 7.7 2.3 5.6 0.9 0.1 1.9
Chris Livingston 34 22.4 6.3 4.2 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.9
C.J. Fredrick 27 22.1 6.1 0.8 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.5
Ugonna Onyenso 16 6.9 2.5 2.6 0.1 0.2 1.0 0.2
Adou Thiero 20 9.4 2.3 1.9 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.7
Lance Ware 28 9.8 2.0 2.0 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.6
Daimion Collins 25 7.9 1.9 1.9 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.7
Brennan Canada 5 1.8 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Walker Horn 4 2.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.0
Kareem Watkins 4 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2

2022-2023 Kentucky Wildcats Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
John Calipari Head Coach 2009-2010 Head Coach (Memphis, 2000 to 2009)
Ronald Coleman Assistant Coach 2021-2022 Assistant Coach (Illinois, 2017 to 2021)
K.T. Turner Assistant Coach 2022-2023 Associate Head Coach (Oklahoma, 2021 to 2022)
Orlando Antigua Associate Coach 2021-2022 Assistant Coach (Illinois, 2017 to 2021)
Bruiser Flint Assistant to the Head Coach 2021-2022 Assistant Coach (Indiana, 2017 to 2020)
Tim Asher Video Coordinator 2021-2022 Video Coordinator (Kentucky, 2000 to 2019)
Andrew Ortelli Assistant Video Coordinator 2022-2023 N/A
Mitch Barnhart Athletic Director 2014-2015 N/A
Mark Evans Equipment Manager 2015-2016 N/A
Will Barton Director of Basketball Administration 2021-2022 Director of Basketball Operations (Kentucky, 2018 to 2021)
T.J. Beisner Director of Player Development 2021-2022 N/A
Geoff Staton Head Athletic Trainer 2021-2022 Assistant Athletic Trainer (Phoenix Suns, 2018 to 2019)
Brady Welsh Head Strength and Conditioning Coach 2022-2023 Director of Sports Performance (Temple, 2020 to 2022)
Jim Madaleno Director of Sports Medicine 2014-2015 N/A
Rob Hosey Team Physician 2016-2017 N/A