Nick Richards is the only returning player that started in all of Kentucky’s 37 games last season. He was not as productive as the Kentucky coaching staff expected him to be, and it showed as he was 8th on the team in minutes per game.
Now that he is back for year number two, he finds himself in a weird spot. With the addition of EJ Montgomery and Reid Travis to the roster, there is much less pressure for him to perform than last season. But there will also be less opportunity to show the improvements he has made in the off-season.