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Meet Antonio Reeves at Barleycorn's in Cold Spring on Tuesday!

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Looking for a chance to meet the reigning SEC Sixth Man of the Year? Kentucky guard Antonio Reeves is presenting that opportunity to Big Blue Nation.

The fifth-year senior is heading up to Northern Kentucky on Tuesday for an autograph signing at Barleycorn’s in Cold Spring, scheduled from 6:30-8 p.m. ET.

“I’m excited to be in Northern Kentucky this Tuesday to meet all #BBN fans,” Reeves wrote on social media. “Let’s GO CATS.”

Reeves was not a participant in the La Familia Autograph Tour, which featured the likes of Justin EdwardsAdou ThieroTre Mitchell, Aaron BradshawReed Sheppard and Jordan Burks at six different stops throughout Kentucky this past weekend. The Wildcats signed autographs and took photos with fans in Somerset, Morehead, Louisville, Shelbyville, Lexington and Versailles from Friday to Sunday.

Tickets were available at the door for $60 each, with a portion of net proceeds and all sponsor proceeds benefiting the Mayfield Flood Relief Mission. The autograph tour raised over $15,000 for flood victims in Mayfield, John Calipari announced to close out the weekend.

Check out some of the highlights from the weekend:

Time to experience some of that for yourself with Antonio Reeves in Cold Spring.

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The 6-foot-5 guard out of Chicago was nothing short of terrific at the 2023 GLOBL JAM, named event MVP after averaging a team-high 23.0 points per game while shooting just under 58 percent from the floor and an absurd 56.3 percent from three. It was a continuation of Reeves’ strong debut campaign at Kentucky, where he averaged 14.4 points per game while shooting 41.6% from the field, 39.8% from three and 78.3% at the line. He finished in double figures a total of 26 times, including 10 games of at least 20 points.

After weighing his options this offseason, the dynamic scorer ultimately returned to Lexington in June.

“He was worried about the wrong stuff,” Calipari said of Reeves. “When you have five of the freshmen that we have and you’re finding out they’re really good. ‘So what’s gonna happen to me?’ What? You’re the vet. What do you mean what’s happening to you? So, he did the right stuff. Proud of him and he’s playing good.”

“(Reeves) made the right decision,” ESPN analyst Seth Greenberg told KSR. “Everyone was like, ‘What is he going to do? Is he going to leave or is he staying? He enrolled (at Illinois State)…’ Look, he’s on a good team. They’re going to be a good basketball team. … Antonio is going to have a lot of space to play with. He played really well.”

You can help celebrate his return to Lexington by meeting him in Northern Kentucky on Tuesday.

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2025-02-20