Rob Dillingham shares excitement to 'finally' face other teams

One of the top prospects out of the Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball 2023 recruiting class, Robert Dillingham, recently spoke with reporters. The freshman combo guard discussed what his first offseason with the Wildcats has been like, and what he’s excited for next.

One of the things Dillingham highlighted is how competitive it has been, and that has led to excitement amongst the players to finally get the chance to face off against other opponents.

“For sure. We definitely chopping at it ’cause we’ve been playing each other every day. We’re competitive. Every time Coach Cal tries to stop it, we tell him we want to keep playing. So, it’s just definitely competitive, and we all love playing together, so we want to play against other teams finally,” said Dillingham.

Dillingham was the No. 15 nationally ranked player in the 2023 recruiting class, according to On3’s Industry Ranking. The Charlotte, NC, native spent one season with the Overtime Elite League before joining head coach John Calipari at Kentucky.

With the Overtime Elite, Dillingham played for the Cold Hearts, where he had a respectable 2022-2023 season. He averaged 14.7 points, 4.9 assists, and 3.5 rebounds per game in the regular season.

Like the rest of his teammates, the Kentucky freshman is eager to show the rest of the college basketball world just what he can do on the court. And Dillingham and the rest of the Wildcats will get their chance to at the 2023 GLOBL JAM. In an exhibition game, Kentucky will take on Germany on Wednesday, July 12.

CBS Sports to televise select Kentucky games at GLOBL JAM

In less than a week, Kentucky will be playing basketball in Canada as part of an event called GLOBL JAM. Now, we know that fans WILL get to watch those games, as CBS Sports has agreed to broadcast Kentucky’s games in the event.

The UK Athletics website announced the news:

“The National Association of Basketball Coaches has secured an agreement with CBS Sports to air select 2023 Canada Basketball GLOBL JAM games in the United States featuring the University of Kentucky men,” the school wrote in a release.

All three of Kentucky’s pool play games plus any additional contests involving the ‘Cats will all be aired, according to UK:

“The Wildcats will represent the United States at the GLOBL JAM men’s tournament July 12-16 in Toronto. All three of Kentucky’s GLOBL JAM pool play games will be televised in the United States on CBS Sports Network. Should UK advance to the gold medal game on July 16, CBS Sports Network will air that contest live as well.”

The CBS Sports Network can be a bit of a hassle to find, since it IS NOT the regular CBS channel that some of Kentucky’s regular season games are often broadcasted on. Instead, CBS Sports Network (or CBSSN when abbreviated) is a separate and much smaller channel that exclusively covers sports.