2024 NBA Draft: Kentucky's Dillingham, Bradshaw Highlight Saturday’s Top Performers

Kentucky freshmen and Creighton’s draft trio highlighted the top potential draftee performances in Saturday’s college basketball slate.

With college football mostly on pause for the weekend, saturday featured a strong college basketball slate, and a number of potential NBA draftees saw high-level performances.

Here were the top performers from Saturday’s early college basketball slate:

Dillingham, Bradshaw Wow for Wildcats

Kentucky has a plethora of potential NBA draftees, including Aaron Bradshaw and Rob Dillingham, both of whom were on their a-game versus Pennslyvania on Saturday.

Bradshaw had his first solid outing, scoring 17 points and adding 11 rebounds and 3 blocks off the bench.

Dillingham, who’s been impressive in nearly every contest, poured on an additional 17 points to go along with his three rebounds, two steals and one assist.

Alex Karaban Scorches for UConn

An under-the-radar prospect due to UConn’s two other higher profile future draftees, Donovan Clingan and Stephon Castle, Alex Karaban has one of his best ever performances Saturday.

Against UAPB, he poured on 26 points on 9-for-12 shooting overall, hitting a scorching six of his nine 3-pointers. He also tacked on seven rebounds and three assists.

Creighton Trio Ignites Versus CMU

The Bluejays trio of Trey Alexander, Baylor Scheierman and Ryan Kalkbrenner ignited against CMU Saturday, cruising to a 109-64 win.

Kalkbrenner finished a perfect 7-for-7 on the day, totaling 15 points. Alexander scored 15 of his own, tacking on eight assists to zero turnovers and adding seven rebounds. Scheierman finished with 13 points, nine assists and six rebounds.

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