The 38-1 Kentucky Wildcats lost seven of their star players to the NBA Draft. Similar to previous years, John Calapari will have to quickly rebuild after losing his seven top scorers on the team: Karl-Anthony Towns, Aaron Harrison, Willie Cauley-Stein, Devin Booker, Andrew Harrison, Dakari Johnson and Trey Lyles.

Assuming each player is drafted, this will mark the first time seven players from the same school were selected in the same draft. Kentucky currently shares the record for most players selected (tied with '72 North Carolina and '77 UNLV), as six Wildcats were picked in 2012.

Towns and Cauley-Stein will likely headline the Kentucky draft class, and many argue Towns should be selected ahead of Duke's Jahlil Okafor at No. 1 overall. Towns is certainly a more complete player, but it will be hard for teams to resist Okafor's talent.

 

 

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