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The University of Kentucky will hold a public memorial service for Mike Pratt on August 5th at 1pm inside Memorial Coliseum. Pratt, a UK Athletics Hall of Famer and radio color analyst for the men’s basketball team, died on June 16. He was 73.

The University of Kentucky Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2022 was announced Thursday, with Jim Andrews (men’s basketball), Derek Bryant (baseball), Dezerea Bryant (women’s track and field), Keenan Burton (football), Mike Lyden (swimming and diving) and Kelsey Nunley-Moore (softball) chosen for induction. The new Hall of Famers will be inducted during Hall of Fame Weekend on November 10-12.

Mike Pratt, a University of Kentucky Athletics Hall of Famer and UK Sports Network men’s basketball radio color analyst, died Thursday. He was 73.

Reggie Warford, an NIT Champion and the first Black men’s basketball player to graduate from the University of Kentucky, died Thursday. He was 67.

Rhyne Howard, the most decorated player in Kentucky women's basketball history, addedanother milestone Monday as she was selected first overall at the 2022 WNBA Draft by the Atlanta Dream. Held at Spring Studios in New York, Howard made history at the draft, becoming the first Kentucky women's basketball player ever to be selected first overall.

Kentucky men’s basketball freshman guard TyTy Washington Jr. will pursue a career in the NBA. The freshman announced Wednesday he will declare for the 2022 NBA Draft and plans to forgo his remaining collegiate eligibility.

In more than 100 years as a program, the Kentucky men's basketball team had never had a unanimous national player of the year. The wait is now over. Forward Oscar Tshiebwe was awarded the Wooden Award on SportsCenter on Tuesday to make a sweep of all of the major nationally recognized honors.

Kentucky women’s basketball coach Kyra Elzy has had her contract extended through 2027 after guiding the Wildcats to their first Southeastern Conference Tournament championship in 40 years.

Sunday in New Orleans Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe was awarded one of the most prestigious honors in college basketball, the Naismith Trophy which is presented to the nation’s best player by the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame.

Oscar Tshiebwe of Kentucky is The Associated Press men's college basketball player of the year. The 6-foot-9, 255-pound junior received 46 of 60 votes from a national media panel.