Am leaving Louisville basketball player Hercy Miller Accepted a deal over $55.5m due to.
“I know he’s down about it,” head coach Kenny Payne said during Monday’s ACC coaches call. “I know his family’s down. But we support Hercy.”
Miller played in 10 games this season, but never logged more than 10 minutes. He played most recently Jan. 20 against Wake Forest.
His base salary will reportedly be just under the $8.5 million a year he makes now, however that number will be higher with incentives.
Calipari has been under pressure in recent years to advance deeper in the NCAA Tournament. That pressure reached an all-time high after 14th-seeded Oakland stunned his team in the first round of this year’s tournament.
The move could lead to a major domino effect in coaching circles. Many major names are expected to be interested in the UK job.
Among the names being bantered about are Alabama head coach Nate Oats and Baylor head coach Scott Drew.
So where will Kentucky turn? Here are the odds to be the next coach, according to SportsBetting.ag as of Monday afternoon
Miller averaged 1.1 points, 0.1 rebounds and 0.3 assists, and shot 27% from the field.
The Cardinals (7-15, 2-9 ACC) have lost several players this season for a variety of reasons.
In August, 5-star recruit Trentyn Flowers announced he would skip college and play professionally this season in Australia. He was poised to play a big role on this year’s team.
Transfer Koron Davis was dismissed from the team in December in a messy split. UofL initially said he chose to enter the transfer portal, but Davis took to social media saying that was not true.
The team then put out a second statement saying he had been dismissed. Davis never played in a regular season game for Louisville.
In January, UofL announced freshman Dennis Evans was no longer medically cleared to compete at the university.
