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Jacob Toppin is quietly playing the best basketball of his life

Over his last seven games played, starting with the win over Louisville, Jacob Toppin has quietly played the best basketball of his life.

Over the last few weeks,  has been remaking his case as a future NBA Draft pick.

While his name still isn't floating around mock draft boards like it had been over the summer, the 6-foot-9 super-athlete continues to add to his intrigue from front office executives. Toppin started the 2022-23 season strong against inferior competition, but he self-admittedly slipped into a dark place right before SEC play began. It took back-to-back benchings against Florida A&M and Missouri in late December in order for him to find a way out.

But once he did, the same version of Toppin that fans saw in the Bahamas emphatically announced his return.

Over his last seven games played, starting with the win over Louisville that came right after his lowly 13-minute performance against Missouri, Toppin has quietly played the best basketball of his life. The former Rhode Island transfer is posting per-game averages of 13.3 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 2.7 assists over that stretch, shooting 51.4 percent from the floor in 33 minutes per outing. Toppin has dropped two double-doubles during that span while showing off subtle improvements in his playmaking that have helped change how is playing as of late. He's flying in for the lobs and putback dunks that made him a potential star in the first place.

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On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 19, 1966, Pat Riley joined the 1,000-point club.  He did it in 54 games.

 

On March 19, 1966, in one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, top-ranked UK, featuring “Rupp’s Runts,” loses in the NCAA Championship game, 72-65, to Texas Western.

 

On March 19, 1989, in the wake of an NCAA investigation, Eddie Sutton resigns as UK basketball coach.

 

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