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Kyle Tucker

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Now: Director of CBB Content @247Sports, part of the @CBSSports family. Host of The Assist. Then: Story Director at Elevate Creative. Always: Storyteller.

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1Jul 23, '24He averaged 5.6 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.0 assists at Peach Jam, where he shot 31 percent from the field and 3 of 17 from 3. Can we not do this?247×4.3M17k1.2k959
2Apr 15, '24Hearing 7-foot-2 Zvonimir Ivisic, aka Big Z, will sit down with Mark Pope tomorrow morning and give him a shot at bringing the Croatian Sensation back to Kentucky.51.3×899k3.5k23032
3Mar 22, '24John Calipari had the national player of the year and lost to Saint Peter's. John Calipari had the national freshman of the year and a fifth-year senior who set the Cal-era scoring51.3×898k5.5k39189
4Aug 30, '24After 21 years as a sportswriter, the last 13 covering Kentucky, I’m hanging up my press pass. Toughest decision of my life, but an opportunity outside journalism was too good to p45.1×790k4.1k11640
5Apr 10, '24Whoever gets the Kentucky job can win the press conference in one easy step: Show up with Reed Sheppard.23.3×409k2.8k18116
6Aug 4, '24This is awful.21.9×383k2.4k673160
7Apr 8, '24Leave it to John Calipari to upstage the eighth consecutive Final Four he’s not in.17.3×304k3.4k39840
8Nov 19, '23This is not not $9 million worth of coaching. Period.17.2×302k1.5k2025
9Mar 23, '24Oakland coach Greg Kampe sat alone for a while just looking around, soaking this up. You coach somewhere 40 years and win your first NCAA Tournament game, it’s something to savor.16.6×290k9.3k18082
10Feb 29, '24UK asked the Sheppard family if they wanted some crowd control for autograph seekers at Rupp. “Absolutely not, because this is home, and that’s who we live with. That’s the differe16.4×287k1.9k19142
11Mar 22, '24Kentucky AD Mitch Barnhart declined an interview in the locker room.12.4×217k1.7k15524
12Apr 8, '24The two teams playing for the national championship tonight have a combined one five-star recruit on their rosters. The fear of breaking up with John Calipari because nobody recrui11.7×205k1.8k25123
13Apr 18, '24Reed Sheppard + Rob Dillingham = six combined starts, zero SEC or NCAA tournament wins. It’s hard to fathom having those two — and Antonio Reeves! — in a backcourt and failing to m10.9×191k2.1k15821
14Mar 22, '24Cal wasted his most talented, most fun team in years. It’s a fireable offense.10.8×189k2.1k28019
15Mar 20, '21Liberty gave up 69 in a losing effort and all Jerry Falwell Jr. could do was watch.9.7×012k1.4k109
17Jun 6, '24If Dan Hurley turned down Kentucky and the Lakers in the same offseason and then won a third straight national title at UConn, he’d be the legend of all legends.8.8×155k1.6k8325
18Apr 14, '24There are more credentialed media here today than at any Kentucky home game this season. Yes, really.8.0×140k1.8k11915
19Mar 18, '23Everyone in Kentucky's locker room said John Calipari was looser and funnier than he's ever been leading up to a game. Wanted the pressure off. Oscar Tshiebwe said before the left 7.8×137k1.8k994
20Apr 14, '24Just to reiterate: I've never seen anything like that in my life.7.7×134k2.6k10717
21Apr 18, '24The only logical decision. Tough one for Kentucky, but the right one for Reed Sheppard.7.5×131k2k4415
22May 10, '24Kentucky football and basketball get along again.7.1×124k1.7k444
23Apr 10, '24This is very funny. I’m a big Mrs. Cal fan.6.7×117k1.5k3912
24Aug 19, '20President of the United States trying to harm an American company over his Chinese-made hats. Got it.6.5×07.9k1.5k22
25Sep 15, '24That’s both an amazing and devastating stat for Kentucky.6.4×112k2.3k10920
26Apr 14, '24The new First Lady of Kentucky basketball is here.6.3×111k2k7330
27Jun 27, '24Pretty wild that Reed Sheppard went from “he’s going to be such a fun four-year, in-state guy at Kentucky” to No. 3 overall pick after an incredible freshman season. Without even s6.2×108k2.1k11915
28Jan 24, '22Somebody tell me who loves the idea of an overtime where if you lose the coin toss and the other team scores first, it’s over. Who supports that as the fairest way to settle a grea5.5×06k78864
29Apr 4, '21Arizona coach Adia Barnes shot double birds to the haters after beating UConn and, per ESPN's Holly Rowe, pumped breastmilk for her baby at halftime of the national championship ga4.9×07k63823
30Sep 29, '20Calipari said Bam Adebayo kept a photo of the single-wide trailer he grew up in (his mom walked two miles from there to work at a supermarket) on his phone. Cal would see him in th4.5×05.6k755165
31Mar 9, '24Cal and Stacey Sheppard.4.3×76k2.3k9715
32Apr 14, '24Mark Pope says he's going to leave here and get on the phone with recruits, which is exciting because (smirk), "Kids are answering a little bit different now when I talk about Kent4.1×72k1.7k599
33Jul 30, '24This looks like it could be straight out of 2014.4.0×70k1.8k619
34Feb 28, '24Incredible. Kentucky completely blew an eight-point lead in the final minute at Mississippi State — then Reed Sheppard hit a game-winner and the clinching steal to win. Sheppard: 33.9×68k1.6k794
36Mar 31, '19Mike Krzyzewski had the most talented team in America (by a good margin) and almost lost in the second and third rounds and then failed to make the Final Four with them. If you're 3.7×03.8k1.1k5
37Apr 14, '24Kentucky badly needed a change, confirmed.3.7×65k1.8k796
38Sep 15, '24To play this well against No. 1 at home and then punt it away, down one late, is just … a miserable way to lose.3.6×63k1.9k1174
39Feb 19, '22You wanna hear Peak Rupp? Kentucky leads.3.1×03.7k60864
40Dec 19, '20So Kentucky completely melted down on the court. Cam Fletcher threw a fit. Calipari nuked Terrence Clarke all day and Clarke left the court before the game ended. Then no one but K3.1×03.6k33738
41Oct 17, '21Joe Milton was like, “Y’all said stop throwing things!”3.0×03.8k56722
42Feb 18, '24The thought that stands out today: Kentucky took this. Went into Auburn, where they've lost three games in three years, and took it. Start to finish. HUGELY impressive win.2.9×50k1.7k783
43Aug 23, '21I’ve been super angry for way too long. Anger eats you alive, so I’m trying to let that go. Now things like this just break my heart. But if this was my child, it would be blind ra2.8×03.4k64232
44Feb 21, '21UK and UT official accounts have declared rivalry war.2.8×03.9k37816
45Apr 3, '22Kentucky beat North Carolina by 29 on a neutral court. Kentucky beat Kansas by 18 at Allen Fieldhouse. North Carolina and Kansas, who lost to Kentucky by a combined 47 points, will2.5×02.6k36014
46Mar 16, '22TyTy Washington’s mom is in kidney failure and hasn’t seen him play in two months. But she got training to give herself dialysis and this morning, green light from docs to travel. 2.5×03.6k2049
47Jan 2, '22The Tennessee Titans have used EIGHTY-NINE players this season. At most, they’ll finish with 10 guys who played in every regular-season game. They’re 11-5, division champs and a wi2.2×02.8k47010
48Aug 13, '21My 4-year-old has COVID and now, despite being vaccinated, I feel like I got hit by a bus … but I can’t say for sure I’m positive too because every testing site is booked and every2.2×02.7k29119
49Nov 30, '19Lynn Bowden, MVP, overcome.2.2×02.9k3534
50Oct 17, '21If you fine a school $250,000 for its fans storming the field, bankrupt them for what Tennessee fans did tonight.2.1×03k2789
51Sep 15Went an hour with @Isaac__Trotter to preview the loaded SEC on The Assist. Maybe CBB’s best team (Florida), best offseason (Texas), best freshmen (Arkansas), best shooter (Kentucky2.1×36k2061
52Aug 5, '20Kentucky in the NBA the last 24 hours: Anthony Davis: 42 points, 12 rebounds Devin Booker: 35 points, 8 assists De'Aaron Fox: 28 points, 9 assists Bam Adebayo: 21 points, 12 reboun2.0×02.5k3904
53Nov 27, '19Shout out to my mom, who just completed 30 consecutive weekdays of radiation treatments. Got zapped every morning, never missed a day of teaching her kids at school. She’s a warrio2.0×03.2k510
54Jul 22, '21Certain people: The NFL can and should fire players who kneel for the anthem! Many of those same people: The NFL cannot and must not tell players to get vaccinated!1.9×02.3k42631
55Aug 23, '22Lance Ware was a top-40 recruit. As a junior, he’s still behind the national player of the year in Lexington. So why not transfer? “Because I love Kentucky.” And because finding an1.9×02.5k23119
56Oct 25, '22The coal miner who rushed to the Blue-White game with his son while still covered in dust — and went viral for it — had a shock waiting when he got above ground Monday after work. 1.9×02.6k23211
57Dec 31, '19Kentucky goes 10-3 and beats Penn State in a bowl game, loses *nearly* every star, top two QBs go down and they go 8-4, beat Virginia Tech in a bowl game with a wide receiver at QB1.8×02.3k3633
58Oct 28, '18Kentucky is now tied with Clemson for No. 1 nationally in scoring defense, ranks 5th in passing TD allowed, 10th in total defense, 15th in ypc allowed. Josh Allen No. 1 nationally 1.8×01.9k5350
59Mar 6, '22John Calipari was loving it. The final moments on Cal Cam:1.8×02.4k21614
60Jan 26, '20Apparently John Robic leaned over to the official scorer and called him a cheater as the teams shook hands. I assume for fouling out Maxey when he wasn't fouled out?1.7×02k3063
61Mar 30, '21Spotted on a Lexington playground today: Kentucky’s Isaiah Jackson, Lance Ware, Jacob Toppin, Dontaie Allen and Zan Payne hooping with a bunch of random dudes.1.7×02.2k13715
62Jun 25, '20I feel compelled to tell this guy to eat shit.1.6×02k22612
63Mar 6, '22Calipari going NUTS.1.6×02.3k15014
64Oct 12, '20Anthony Davis becomes just the eighth player in history to win NCAA, NBA and Olympic championships. That’ll do.1.5×02k2932
65May 7, '21John Calipari and the Kentucky basketball team are in Boston today for Terrence Clarke's funeral. Going to be a very hard day for a lot of people who loved him. Thinking of those g1.5×02.4k1113
66Jun 23, '20That he was going to give a free concert for students at the University of Kentucky. He did not.1.5×01.9k3242
67Apr 1, '22Oscar Tshiebwe has won: SEC Player of the Year ✅ AP National Player of the Year ✅ USBWA POY (Oscar Robertson 🏆) ✅ NABC POY ✅ Sporting News POY ✅ The Athletic POY ✅ Next up: Wooden1.5×02.1k2124
68Jan 17, '20Kyle Tucker 1981 - 20201.4×01.8k17077
69Oct 15, '21Check on your people. Kentucky football’s head athletic trainer noticed that JJ Weaver was in a dark place and he did something about. It changed Weaver’s life. Maybe saved it. ✍️1.4×01.8k22514
70Oct 3, '21Go crazy.1.3×01.8k2192
71Feb 27, '22No. 2 Arizona lost. No. 3 Auburn lost. No. 4 Purdue lost. No. 5 Kansas lost. No. 6 Kentucky lost. No. 9 Texas Tech lost. Quite a day in college basketball.1.3×01.7k17212
72Mar 18, '22Kentucky needs to put CJ Fredrick in a bubble between now and the start of next season. Get him healthy, keep him healthy, run actual plays to get a 50% 3-point shooter in the Big 1.3×01.8k1083
73Mar 15, '20How is Nate Sestina coping with no sports? Just as you’d imagine. Kickball with the neighborhood kids in Emporium, Pa.1.3×01.9k1318
74Mar 4, '20When a student grabbed Ashton Hagans at Auburn, Bruce Pearl told his dad that guy would never be allowed back. When another Auburn fan shouted racist trash at a UT player, they boo1.3×01.6k19839
75Jul 26, '21If we can’t agree that attacking the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was bad and a vaccine that’s 99 percent effective preventing death is good, then universal truths have been obliterated 1.3×01.6k21611
76Apr 20, '22There it is: unanimous national player of the year Oscar Tshiebwe announces he's coming back to Kentucky for another season.1.3×01.9k1332
77Oct 19, '22Calipari: UK has facial-recognition software on the baskets in the practice gym to track how many shots guys get up. Toppin leads the team with 2,800 extra shots in three weeks. "H1.3×01.7k12125
78Feb 23, '20Immanuel Quickley said John Wall was one of the biggest reasons he came to Kentucky. To have Wall here, score 26, get Wall out of his seat cheering for him? “It don’t get no better1.3×01.9k1141
79Feb 19, '22Whoever made this, please step forward and take the lavish praise you deserve.1.2×01.8k1514
80Oct 14, '22Assuming DJ Wagner joins teammate Aaron Bradshaw in committing to Kentucky (I do assume that), the Cats will have the No. 1 combo guard, No. 1 small forward, No. 2 center and No. 21.2×01.7k1458
81Dec 29, '21Tubby Smith did a lot more than win. Wayne Turner: “I had never been around a successful Black man. He showed me how.” Chuck Hayes: “One of the best humans I ever met. There was al1.2×01.6k1848
82Jan 8, '21This, from Devin Askew's dad, is exactly how PJ Washinton's father used to talk about being patient and not skipping steps at Kentucky. It's one of the most level-headed blue-chip 1.2×01.6k1419
83Feb 9, '22I can’t believe Arkansas punctuated that thing with a self-oop, monster jam, teabag, lights-off, fireworks-exploding, massive and instant court storm. The poor Auburn dude who took1.2×01.6k18811
84Apr 25, '21When Craig Skinner got to Kentucky in 2005, the volleyball team hadn’t been to an NCAA Tournament in a dozen years. Now they haven’t missed one in 15 years and just won the nationa1.2×01.8k1123
85Aug 3, '22John Calipari clearly still has serious juice as Kentucky’s coach. In 48 hours, he pulled together a Gonzaga home/home, got an open practice moved to Rupp, had hundreds lined up fo1.2×01.7k1410
86Jan 30, '22Oscar Tshiebwe: "When we play like this as a team, I don't think anybody can stop us."1.2×01.9k621
87Mar 14, '21If Nate Oats told Will Wade to GTFOH, as it appeared he might've, then put his ass in the Hall of Fame.1.2×01.6k1534
88Mar 12, '20If this season is, in fact, over ... John Calipari just coached a team that led the nation in free-throw percentage.1.2×01.7k1460
89Aug 14, '22Your MVP.1.2×01.8k760
90Jan 30, '20You may have noticed special assistant John Robic is not on the sideline tonight for Kentucky. I'm told he is with his daughter Hayley, who is battling liver cancer, in Pittsburgh 1.1×01.7k881
91Mar 11, '21Dontaie Allen's message to Kentucky fans: “I’d say to stay with us for the following seasons." You can say they weren't good enough, he says, "but this team fought EVERY single gam1.1×01.6k601
92Feb 9, '22Auburn fans are very proud of their home-court advantage lately, and they should be. It's become an awesome venue. But make no mistake: Arkansas' Bud Walton Arena is the toughest p1.1×01.5k1266
93Jul 30, '20Obama's eulogy of John Lewis, which he turned into a national call to action, was wonderful. And whatever your politics, just looking at it from purely a technical perspective, he'1.1×01.5k724
94Apr 4, '21Johnny Juzang in the NCAA Tournament: First Four vs. Michigan State: 23 points Round of 64 vs. BYU: 27 points Round of 32 vs. Abilene: 17 points Sweet 16 vs. Alabama: 13 points Eli1.1×01.5k12711
95Apr 4, '22South Carolina won the women’s title. North Carolina or Kansas will win the men’s title. So it is true that Kentucky beat the men’s and women’s national champion and lost in the fi1.0×01.5k875
96Mar 17, '22TyTy’s mom!1.0×01.7k291
97Jan 21, '22Oscar Tshiebwe: "If I see you not making shots, I'm going to knock on your door and say, 'Get in the gym.' " Says he doesn't let things slide with this Kentucky team. "We've got to1.0×01.5k862
98Mar 8, '22TyTy Washington: "If we win the natty, everybody will see Coach do hit the Griddy."1.0×01.6k474
99Mar 14, '20Good grief, this officiating is terrible. Sorry, reflex.1.0×01.5k961
100Jan 30, '22John Calipari says when Kentucky was dying offensively in the second half and the lead was drying up, then Keion Brooks took over, when Cal went to put in Jacob Toppin, he told Cal1.0×01.5k691
101Mar 6, '22Legit cannot believe UNC did that. What an all-time rivalry moment.0.9×01.5k331

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