After sitting out all season recovering from a torn ACL suffered in high school, Kentucky freshman wing Dontaie Allen was ready to see the floor to close out the year.
Leading up to Kentucky’s regular season finale against Florida, Allen had been practicing and finding his groove with conditioning and learning the system. After seeing how comfortable he was behind the scenes, UK head coach John Calipari was ready to ask the in-state prospect if he was interested in taking the floor in Gainesville.
Down to just seven scholarship players with Ashton Hagans out at Florida, Calipari said on the UK pregame show at the time that if Allen expressed his desire to enter the game, he’d let him.