LEXINGTON — After a better-than-expected 2024-25 season in Year 1 leading the Kentucky basketball program, coach Mark Pope notched another victory Tuesday. Only this time, it was on the recruiting trail, not the court.
The Wildcats' latest recruiting-world win happened Tuesday, as four-star 2025 forward Braydon Hawthorne committed to Pope's program. Hawthorne picked UK over his four other finalists: fellow blue-blood Duke, ACC schools Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech and Big 12 representative West Virginia.