LEXINGTON, Ky. _ The word "reload" has become synonymous with Kentucky basketball offseasons in the John Calipari era, but the Hall of Fame coach has never had to reload quite like this. The addition of Wake Forest transfer Olivier Sarr on Wednesday gives Kentucky a total of 10 new faces for next season, the highest number of incoming players in Calipari's decade-plus tenure in Lexington. Nine of those will be scholarship players _ six high school recruits and three transfers _ to join just two scholarship holdovers from this past season: freshman forward Keion Brooks and freshman guard Dontaie Allen.
Brooks, who averaged 4.5 points and 3.2 rebounds in 15.1 minutes per game, will be the only scholarship player on next season's roster who actually played for the Cats this past season. Allen, who was Kentucky's Mr. Basketball in 2019, redshirted his first year on campus _ though he did practice with the team _ due to a knee injury suffered in high school.
Everyone else will be new to UK basketball. And the Cats probably aren't finished adding to next season's roster. You're probably going to need a program.
