{"id":11537,"date":"2025-07-15T11:43:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T11:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/11537\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T11:43:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T11:43:03","slug":"tuesday-headlines-kahlil-whitney-feeling-the-bbn-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/11537\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Headlines: Kahlil Whitney Feeling the BBN Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"n89SLZ\">La Familia \u2014 Kentucky\u2019s alumni team for The Basketball Tournament \u2014 had their media opportunity on Monday afternoon and that presented an opportunity for Kahlil Whitney to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/kentucky-wildcats\/news\/watch-kahlil-whitney-deandre-liggins-more-talk-tbt-la-familia-media-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reflect on his decision<\/a> to leave Kentucky back during the middle of the 2019-2020 season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"cM8cKk\">He played in just 18 games for the Wildcats, averaging 3.3 points and 1.7 rebounds while shooting 37% from the floor and 25% from three-point range.<\/p>\n<p id=\"eMp8qx\">While it was certainly a head scratcher that Big Blue Nation was not happy with, all seems to be forgiven as of late.<\/p>\n<p id=\"SaXE4b\">According to Whitney, Kentucky fans have really poured in the love on social media to show their appreciation for his commitment to playing for La Familia.<\/p>\n<p id=\"FmjY4K\">Whitney said it\u2019s the perfect situation for him to make things right and win here (UK) this summer.<\/p>\n<p id=\"xg9ihk\">The Basketball Tournament will be underway later this week with La Familia facing Stroh\u2019s Squad on Friday at 9 PM ET in Lexington. Television coverage will be available on FS1.<\/p>\n<p>Tweet of the Day<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kahlil Whitney says he was very appreciative of the love that BBN showed him on his TikTok recently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just feel like this year was the perfect situation for me to come back, and to actually make things right, and to just win here.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FZ6g74gDJm\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/FZ6g74gDJm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tres Terrell (@TerrellTres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerrellTres\/status\/1944867009097056339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"0sLzKy\">Excited to have him representing La Familia.<\/p>\n<p>Headlines<\/p>\n<p id=\"z9mT7f\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yoursportsedge.com\/2025\/07\/14\/sean-woods-knows-coaching-la-familia-different\/vaughts-views\/larryvaught\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Woods Knows Coaching La Familia is Different &#8211; Vaught\u2019s Views<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"8nTDhw\">Will they win it all?<\/p>\n<p id=\"cTi2fR\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/45743578\/cal-raleigh-first-catcher-win-all-star-home-run-derby\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cal Raleigh first catcher to win All-Star Home Run Derby &#8211; ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"uefOtx\">Dumper Derby.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Ab7Q3z\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yoursportsedge.com\/2025\/07\/14\/uk-recruit-maddyn-greenway-is-more-than-just-a-basketball-standout\/vaughts-views\/larryvaught\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maddyn Greenway is More Than Just a Basketball Star &#8211; Vaught\u2019s Views<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"FXsHVp\">Fantastic all-around athlete.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Hl5HSk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45740901\/sources-jets-wr-garrett-wilson-lands-4-year-130m-extension\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jets WR Garrett Wilson lands 4-year, $130M extension &#8211; ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"wRuewj\">Major payday for the former Buckeye.<\/p>\n<p id=\"GUeiWM\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yoursportsedge.com\/2025\/07\/14\/dennis-johnson-understands-mental-toughness-is-important-for-son-jasper\/vaughts-views\/larryvaught\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mental Toughness is Important for Jasper Johnson &#8211; Vaught\u2019s Views<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"lOAHJ8\">The lights are bright at UK.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Wu2AwH\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45738954\/sources-49ers-jauan-jennings-wants-new-deal-trade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">49ers\u2019 Jauan Jennings wants new deal or trade &#8211; ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"gw2fnC\">Can\u2019t have an offseason without SF drama.<\/p>\n<p id=\"nGoZ5a\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/kentucky-wildcats\/news\/doron-lamb-wouldve-stayed-all-four-years-at-kentucky-with-nil-with-untouchable-shooting-records\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Doron Lamb would\u2019ve stayed all four years at Kentucky with NIL &#8211; KSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"ksm94U\">What could\u2019ve been.<\/p>\n<p id=\"hzlKnV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/golf\/news\/2025-british-open-picks-predictions-five-trends-to-identify-this-years-winner-at-royal-portrush\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025 British Open picks and predictions &#8211; CBS Sports<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"XBEo0T\">Who wins at Royal Portrush?<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"La Familia \u2014 Kentucky\u2019s alumni team for The Basketball Tournament \u2014 had their media opportunity on Monday afternoon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[571,402,11488,574,577,11487,424,451,11485,10825,398,400,401,573,572,99,1596,11484,11486],"class_list":["post-11537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-a","tag-basketball","tag-bbn","tag-blue","tag-exclude-from-stn-video","tag-feeling","tag-front-page","tag-headlines","tag-kahlil","tag-love","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-ncaabasketball","tag-of","tag-sea","tag-sports","tag-the","tag-tuesday","tag-whitney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}