Aug. 15, 2010

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WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) — Kentucky coach John Calipari has already started turning a top-notch recruiting class into part of a team that hopes to contend for a national championship.

The Wildcats started a three-day, three-game exhibition series in Canada on Sunday night, defeating the University of Windsor 95-62.

Two months before official practice even begins, incoming freshman point guard Brandon Knight led the Wildcats with 31 points. Knight is supposed to fill the sneakers of John Wall, who led Kentucky to 35 wins last season as a freshman while earning All-America honors.

Wall was one of five Kentucky players – including DeMarcus Cousins, Wall’s classmate and fellow All-America – who left school early for the NBA.

The game was played before a sellout crowd of 2,500 at the St. Denis Centre on Windsor’s campus.