Welcome in to the Sources A podcast or go to Kentucky basketball podcast on the KSR podcast network presented by Club Blue.

Club Blue is the official collect department of the University of Kentucky.

I am your host, as always, Jack Pilgrim of Kentucky Sports Radio,

very excited to be joined by my guy, Sean Smith.

Sean, how are you doing tonight, bud?

Hey, we were on standby, right?

Like, we were, what's happened in the last few minutes?

Anything to talk about?

I'm good.

I'm very excited for this.

I'm very, very excited.

Kentucky adds another piece.

And look, where we are in this stage looking at the roster, we've talked on this show extensively,

Final Four, like a roster that is capable of contending, one that we think is as deep and talented as you'll

find not only in the SEC but in all of college basketball, loaded front court, loaded back

court, a group of guys assuming Otega O'A comes back that you feel absolutely over the moon about.

That leads us to Braden Hawthor. The fastest rising prospect

in high school basketball ranked number 35 right now in the on three player rankings for 2025.

He takes an official to Kentucky in mid-April. I'm told after the visit happens that it goes really,

really well.

You know, kid kind of talked about this being his dream school,

a lot of optimism leaving that visit.

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