Kentucky forward Alex Poythress tore his ACL at practice Thursday. The Wildcats’ tremendous depth has been well documented, but losing an upperclassman and emotional leader like Poythress was still a jarring experience for John Calipari’s team. They’re making sure to honor him Saturday afternoon against North Carolina.
Kentucky is wearing No. 22 shirts to honor Alex Poythress
Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.
Kentucky is wearing Poythress’ No. 22 on their warmup shirts and slapping the forward high five every time they come to the bench. At the half, Kentucky leads UNC by 15
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