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Morehead State vs. #10 Kentucky: NCAA college basketball live stream, TV channel, start time, odds, predictions

Men’s college basketball is back! The Kentucky Wildcats will host the Morehead State Eagles on Wednesday evening from Rupp Arena.

The Kentucky Wildcats will host the Morehead State Eagles on Wednesday evening from Rupp Arena.

Kentucky is coming off a 25-6 season and was a serious national title contender before college basketball was shit down. They will have Keion Brooks Jr. returning this year. Morehead State won 13 games last year but ended up losing their last seven out of eight games, they will have a tough opening game against the Wildcats.

Here is everything you need to know to tune in to today’s college basketball action:

Morehead State vs. #10 Kentucky

When: Saturday, November 25
Time: 6:00 p.m. ET
TV Channel: Big Ten Network
Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)

NCAA Basketball Odds and Betting Lines

NCAA Basketball odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Saturday at 3:00 p.m. ET.

Morehead State vs. #10 Kentucky -25

O/U: 139.5

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2020 NBA Draft Big Board 5.0: Final update ranking Top 100 prospects

After numerous delays and postponements, front offices and draftniks have had more time to analyze the 2020 NBA draft than any previous year.

Originally scheduled for June, the ongoing pandemic pushed the big night back by five months. While this may cause some teams to overthink their decisions, it gave analysts plenty of time to study all of the top prospects eligible in this class.

This year, players had to participate in a mostly virtual pre-draft process. On the bright side, this meant that teams had the opportunity to interview more candidates than ever before.

However, the number of in-person visits were incredibly limited due to the restrictive parameters set by the league. Similarly, the NBA draft combine was conducted without the typical scrimmages where players can separate themselves from the others with impressive on-court performances.

Overall, the players that stood out in this pre-draft process had a different path to recognition than any other year. College basketball players did not have the opportunity to showcase themselves during March Madness. The nation’s top seniors did not get to participate in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament.

As such, executives will rely mostly on the existing game footage as well as the intel they gathered during their conversations with the prospects. We also depended on similar strategies, getting access to one-on-one interviews with more than three dozen prospects and exchanging our thoughts with various scouts across the league.

This helped us put together our final big board, looking at the Top 100 players ranked on their potential to make a difference for teams in the NBA.

Relevant statistics were pulled from Synergy Sports Tech, Bart-Torvik, KenPom, Open Look Analytics and RealGM. Note that the age listed for each player references how old they will be on the night of the draft.

2020 NBA aggregate mock draft 8.0: Draft day ranges for top prospects

The 2020 NBA draft is fairly unpredictable and prospects have wider ranges in where they could get selected when it is all said and done.

We looked at mock drafts from NBADraft.net, ESPN, The Athletic, Bleacher Report, CBS Sports, The Ringer, Stadium, SI.com, USA TODAY Sports Media Group’s Rookie Wire, USA Today and Yahoo to give us a more clear understanding of consensus rankings and projections.

This also provided context for realistic high-end and low-end predictions for the players most often included in mock drafts.

Please note that the range included for each player is not based on our own reporting or intel and it only reflects the data pulled from the various mock drafts.

The full list of our latest aggregate mock draft rankings can be found here. HoopsHype’s Alberto de Roa contributed research to this report.

2020 NBA aggregate mock draft 8.0: Draft day ranges for top prospects

The 2020 NBA draft is fairly unpredictable and prospects have wider ranges in where they could get selected when it is all said and done.

This also provided context for realistic high-end and low-end predictions for the players most often included in mock drafts.

Please note that the range included for each player is not based on our own reporting or intel and it only reflects the data pulled from the various mock drafts.

The full list of our latest aggregate mock draft rankings can be found here. HoopsHype’s Alberto de Roa contributed research to this report.

Nets 2020 NBA mock draft radar: Kentucky guard Ashton Hagans

The Brooklyn Nets are set to have the No. 19 and 55 picks in the 2020 NBA Draft.

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Now that the Brooklyn Nets have hired their new head coach, they have to make whatever fortifications deemed necessary to have the right cast around Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving — whether that means re-signing players or bringing on new ones via trade or free agency.

The Nets could acquire pieces by utilizing one of or both of their 2020 NBA Draft picks, along with future ones. But Brooklyn still has quite a bit of time to assess the Class of 2020 with the NBA pushing the draft date back to November 18.

The Nets have Philadelphia’s first-round pick, which Brooklyn acquired when they sent the No. 27 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft — which wound up being Mfiondu Kabengele — to the Los Angeles Clippers.

The Nets’ second-round pick belongs to the Boston Celtics, but they have the Denver Nuggets’ second-round selection.

Right now, Brooklyn has the No. 19 and No. 55 picks.

Here’s a look at one player Brooklyn could take at No. 55:

Ashton Hagans – Kentucky – Guard

STATS: 11.5 PPG – 6.4 APG – 1.9 SPG

For Hagans, going to Brooklyn would be a great opportunity.

He’d be in an organization known for developing players, plus he’d get the chance to learn from another small point guard in Kyrie Irving.

But, while he’s projected to go at No. 55 in Bryan Kalbrosky’s 2020 aggregate NBA mock draft for USA Today SMG’s HoopsHype, Hagans seems like an odd investment for Brooklyn, even at the late stages of the draft.

Unless the Nets see an abundance of untapped potential and someone who could become a solid backup point guard to eventually replace Spencer Dinwiddie, Hagans seems redundant — especially if you factor in Jalen Hands to all of this, too.

Nets 2020 NBA mock draft radar:

IMG Academy forward KJ Martin

Cal State Northridge wing Lamine Diane

Louisville forward Steven Enoch

Charleston guard Grant Riller

Barcelona wing Leandro Bolmaro

Washington forward Isaiah Stewart

Stanford guard Tyrell Terry

Georgetown center Omer Yurtseven

Michigan State guard Cassius Winston

Arkansas wing Mason Jones

UNC guard Cole Anthony

Vanderbilt wing Aaron Nesmith

Alabama guard Kira Lewis

TCU guard Desmond Bane

Hapoel Tel Aviv guard Yam Madar

LSU guard Skylar Mays

Kansas guard Devon Dotson

New Zealand Breakers guard RJ Hampton

Texas Tech guard Jahmi’us Ramsey

Duke guard Tre Jones

Maryland forward Jalen Smith

Florida State wing Patrick Williams

Arizona wing Josh Green

Villanova wing Saddiq Bey

Colorado wing Tyler Bey

Florida State wing Devin Vassell

Seton Hall guard Myles Powell

Washington forward Jaden McDaniels

Ohio State center Kaleb Wesson

Oklahoma wing Kristian Doolittle

Pesaro forward Paul Eboua

Kentucky guard Tyrese Maxey

Olympiacos center Aleksej Pokusevski

Western Kentucky center Charles Bassey

Arizona guard Nico Mannion

ASVEL wing Theo Maledon

Calipari has five players from last …

Calipari has five players from last year’s Kentucky squad — Ashton Hagans, Immanuel Quickley, Nick Richards, EJ Montgomery and Ashton Hagans — who have declared for next month’s draft. Although Calipari’s players have fared well in the draft, this one will be much different because of the COVD-19 pandemic.

Calipari said his “biggest worry” is …

Calipari said his “biggest worry” is working out for players working out for teams before the draft and isn’t sure how that will work out in moving forward. “If they spend two months and don’t do anything, and they try to go work out for an NBA team, it ain’t going to work for them,” he said. “So, there are no gyms, there are no health clubs, unless they have a gym in their house. None of them do. Unless they have a health area, a workout area within their home. None of them do. How is this? How are we doing this? So, my worry is more about that. We’re getting information to the kids.”

Finding 3 Warriors backup options for Stephen Curry in the NBA Draft

Who could the Warriors find in the NBA draft to fill their depth chart behind Stephen Curry?

The postponement of the NBA draft lottery has given the Golden State Warriors more time to prepare for one of their most important selections in years.

Golden State’s league-worst record has set them up for a chance to grab a top-tier prospect early in the draft. Before the Warriors are on the clock, Steve Kerr and Bob Myers will be tasked with figuring out their draft plan. Do they trade the pick? Take the best player available? Draft for a need? All questions Golden State’s front office will need to answer over the next couple of months.

If the Warriors opt to fill a void on their roster with their draft pick, it will quickly narrow down their player pool. Despite having one of the best point guards in the NBA in navigating the court, the Warriors’ depth behind Stephen Curry is thin.

Curry missing 60 games throughout the season has given a trio of Warriors the chance to solidify a spot behind the two-time Most Valuable Player. However, inconsistent play from Ky Bowman, Damion Lee and Jordan Poole could push Golden State to address the point guard position in the draft.

If the Warriors decide to add to their backcourt with one of their three picks in the 2020 draft, here are some names to watch.

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Tracking the NBA draft stock of the top Kentucky Wildcats’ prospects

With the college basketball season officially over, USA TODAY SMG’s Rookie Wire is looking at draft stock for players on top NCAA teams.

As of July 2019, there were thirty players who played college basketball at Kentucky playing in the NBA. That was the largest representation from one college in league history, per HoopsHype. That number will increase with a new draft class from the Wildcats set to hear their names called this summer.

John Calipari recently said that five players on Kentucky have entered their names into the 2020 NBA Draft (via 247 Sports)

“What we did before they left, I had individual meetings with each player and I had the staff in there. I wanted everybody to hear it together individually with players but with my staff. We just did a Zoom call yesterday with my entire team to try to keep touching base with them, but the reality of it was five of them have put their name in the draft.”

Based on their current draft stock, one would assume those players are: Tyrese Maxey, Ashton Hagans, Nick Richards, Immanuel Quickley and EJ Montgomery.

However, two others who played at Kentucky (Kahlil Whitney and Keion Brooks) registered on the NBA Draft radar points this season. As such, we research their draft stock for this study as well.

Two quick notes: evaluations will be based on the NBA Undergraduate Advisory Committee (UAC) scale of whether a player is a lottery pick, first-rounder, early second-rounder, late second-rounder or undrafted.

These numbers were determined by monitoring mock drafts and big boards published throughout the season, starting from immediately after the 2019 NBA Draft and updated in real-time.

Mock drafts and big boards are included not only from mainstream analysts and experts but also current and former agents, front office executives as well as various trusted sources around the league.

The composite results for Kentucky are included below but click the name of each player for a closer look at each prospect.

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Kentucky guard Ashton Hagans entering draft

Kentucky men’s basketball sophomore guard Ashton Hagans announced Sunday he will enter his name in the 2020 NBA Draft and plans to forego his remaining collegiate eligibility.