Only one Kentucky Wildcat made ESPN’s list of the Top 25 Players in College Basketball, and unless you’re Drew Franklin, it’s probably not the one you expected to at the beginning of the season.
Nick Richards comes in at No. 18 on John Gasaway’s list of the top performers in the sport midway through the season. As Gasaway notes, the junior big man has been unstoppable as of late.
Richards might be on the cusp of big things, or, alternately, maybe he’s enjoying a hot streak against so-so competition. In the past 11 days, he’s scored 51 points on 63% shooting inside the arc against Missouri, Georgia and Alabama.