2015 NCAA Tournament: How the No. 1 seed Kentucky Wildcats were built

By Staff Report Mar 15, 2015, 12:00pm

A look at how the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament was constructed.

2014-15 KENTUCKY WILDCATS
Schedule | Statistics | Roster

247Sports Team Ranking
Year-by-year recruiting class ranking. Players still in program in parenthesis.
2014: No. 2 (Karl-Anthony Towns, Trey Lyles, Tyler Ulis, Devin Booker)
2013: No. 1 (Andrew Harrison, Aaron Harrison, Dakari Johnson, Marcus Lee, Derek Willis, Dominique Hawkins)
2012: No. 2 (Alex Poythress, Willie Cauley-Stein)

247Sports Composite Top 100 Signees
No. 5 Andrew Harrison, Fort Bend Travis (Richmond, Texas)
No. 5 Karl-Anthony Towns, St. Joseph (Metuchen, N.J.)
No. 6 Aaron Harrison, Fort Bend Travis
No. 8 Alex Poythress, Northeast (Clarksville, Tenn.)
No. 10 Dakari Johnson, Montverde Academy (Fla.)
No. 10 Trey Lyles, Indianapolis Arsenal Technical (Indianapolis)
No. 18 Marcus Lee, Deer Valley (Antioch, Calif.)
No. 19 Tyler Ulis, Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights, Ill.)
No. 22 Devin Booker, Moss Point (Miss.)
No. 43 Willie Cauley-Stein, Northwest (Olathe, Kan.)