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Jack Pilgrim and Spencer Smith discuss the plans for Kentucky basketball's new practice facility and more practice intel on another jam packed episode of the Sources Say Podcast.

Kentucky's Alvin Brooks III joins Jack Pilgrim and Shawn Smith to talk about last basketball season and the goals heading into the 2025-26 season.

Jack Pilgrim and Shawn Smith talk with ESPN's Jay Bilas about last season's Kentucky basketball team and what fans should expect from the 2025-26 edition of Kentucky Wildcat basketball. It's another jampacked episode of the Sources Say Podcast presented by Club Blue and Angels Envy.

Summer is over and the Wildcats are heading back to campus for the real stuff. Kentucky‘s fall semester starts on August 25 with players trickling in this week — including none other than Andrija Jelavić, who finally arrived this past weekend. Jayden Quaintance is back, too, and he’s ramping up his on-court work ahead of his debut in Lexington. What can we expect out of Jelavić and Quaintance in 2025-26? How does that impact everything else we know about the team coming out of eight weeks of summer workouts? Also, John Wall has retired from basketball. Can you believe that? Coach Cal’s first rockstar has hung up the sneakers, so we’ll take a trip down memory lane there, too, along with sharing all of Mark Pope’s updates from his latest 70-minute podcast appearance. Why wouldn’t we talk about a podcast on a podcast?

Jack Pilgrim, and Spencer Smith break down what they have seen and heard from Kentucky's Summer Practices. Also: MVP, MIP, Biggest Surprise and Biggest Question Mark from eight weeks of workouts. What is the team's best shooting lineup, best defensive lineup and best end-of-game lineup?

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Jack Pilgrim and Shawn Smith are back for JAM PACKED show of Sources Say presented by Club Blue. Today they talk summer practice intel, recruiting updates, and this team's potential.

Jack Pilgrim and Shawn Smith talk to a new guest for today's show former Kentucky Equipment Manager and current Synergy Sports employee Spencer Smith to get his opinions on last years Kentucky team as well as the upcoming edition of Kentucky basketball.

One week of summer workouts down, seven more to go for the Kentucky Wildcats. The Joe Craft Center is the home of one of the deepest rosters in college basketball competing at the highest level ahead of the 2025-26 season, and now, intel is starting to roll in highlighting some of the early standouts. Who looks the part? Sources Say breaks it down while also rolling through USA Basketball leftovers from Colorado Springs, Tay Kinney’s official visit to Lexington, the practice gym redesign with denim and understanding the assignment, players donating $40K to tornado relief efforts, the SEC schedule release for the Cats, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Cason Wallace winning the NBA Finals and previewing this week’s NBA Draft. Essentially, every major piece of news over the last week is covered in detail this week on Sources Say — and we have a great time doing it.

In today’s episode of Sources Say, we dive into the standout performances of Jasper Johnson and Malachi Moreno at Team USA Camp. Kentucky fans, this one’s for you—Jamie Shaw joins us to offer expert insight on how these young Wildcats held their own against top-tier talent with Mark Pope in attendance.