Kentucky Wildcats basketball is to college basketball what England is to World Cup soccer. Always the most analyzed, always the most discussed team in the tournament. That’s because they’re also the team in which there’s always a demand for analysis and discussion.
Everyone has an opinion on Kentucky Wildcats basketball. And this summer UK (hahahahahah. U.K. like the England football team get it) is headed to the Bahamas.
Quoting the Ba ha Men “who let the dogs out?” Actually, who let the ‘Cats out!
The Kentucky Wildcats basketball program will take part in “Big Blue Bahamas,” as they face international teams from the Dominican Republic, France and Puerto Rico during a foreign tour – named the Big Blue Bahamas tour – from August 10-17 in the Bahamas.
Kentucky will play the Dominican Republic national team, the Puerto Rico national team reserves and French first-division club team Champagne Chalons-Reims Basket, twice each over an eight-day span at Nassau’s 2,500-seat Kendal G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium, recently renovated in the spring of 2014. The Dominican Republic team will use the games against Kentucky as a tune-up for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, which begins in late August.
The Dominican Republic is No. 26 in the current FIBA World Rankings.
Said Coach Calipari in a statement issued by Kentucky Wildcats basketball
“My goal is for our team to grow together, to learn about one another, to have fun and to compete against teams that will stretch us out. These teams should be a challenge that will let us really see where we are at this point. But again, learning and having fun will be the emphasis of the trip. It’s another opportunity for us to fail fast.”
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