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More Kentucky basketball recruiting links: UK’s NBA Draft prospects as season begins

Daimion Collins.
Daimion Collins. UK Athletics

The college basketball season begins Tuesday night with the Kentucky-Duke game leading the schedule, and analysts everywhere are already looking toward the future.

Several new NBA Draft boards for 2022 have been posted over the past day or so. Two Kentucky freshmen -- TyTy Washington and Daimion Collins -- are often toward the top of those lists, and we’ll all get our first real look at them at the college level Tuesday night. Here’s the draft buzz going into the season, and all of the latest recruiting news ...

Top Kentucky basketball recruiting links:

Early enrollment: Shaedon Sharpe has decided to join Cats at the semester break

Sharpe says he will “100 percent” be back at Kentucky for the 2022-23 season

247Sports’ NBA Draft rankings have TyTy Washington and Daimion Collins top 10

CBS Sports 2022 mock draft also includes two Kentucky players in the first round

Bleacher Report includes TyTy Washington and Daimion Collins in lottery range

The Athletic draft rankings put TyTy Washington at No. 7; Keion Brooks in top 100

Pro Insight has a detailed rundown of 17 players to know for the 2022 NBA Draft

The Sporting News sends TyTy Washington to the Pelicans in their mock draft

Oddsmakers have Kentucky as fifth most likely team to win 2022 national title

Gary Parrish ranks Kentucky as the No. 14 team in the country to start the season

CBS Sports panel of experts offer national championship and Final Four picks

Jeff Goodman: Coach Cal and Kentucky basketball program are ready to adapt

International splash: Louisville lands talented 6-foot-10 center from the Bahamas

Watch: Highlights of top UK target JJ Taylor from first game with Donda Academy

In case you missed it: What to expect from every UK basketball player this season

More recruiting links: Crystal Ball picks going Kentucky’s way for top-10 recruit

This story was originally published November 9, 2021 at 11:56 AM.

Ben Roberts
Lexington Herald-Leader
Ben Roberts is the University of Kentucky men’s basketball beat writer for the Lexington Herald-Leader. He has previously specialized in UK basketball recruiting coverage and created and maintained the Next Cats blog. He is a Franklin County native and first joined the Herald-Leader in 2006. Support my work with a digital subscription
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