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Kentucky teammates go to bat for Sahvir Wheeler: "We need him in order to do something special"

Sahvir Wheeler has been the topic of discussion around the Big Blue Nation over the last several days — mostly with critical fingers being pointed his way.

Kentucky’s starting point guard for the last season and a half sat out the Wildcats’ upset win over Tennessee this past weekend then played just 11 minutes on his birthday in the win against Georgia — his former team — on Tuesday. A shoulder injury caused his absence as Kentucky won both games, primarily rolling with the “Basketball Benny” lineup that features Cason Wallace, Antonio Reeves, CJ Fredrick, Jacob Toppin, and Oscar Tshiebwe.