Where are Tubby Smith's Players Now? Part 3 of 5 (Classes of 2001 and 2002)

Over the course of this week, leading up to Tubby Smith’s return to Rupp Arena with High Point, I am trying to track down his former players to give everybody an update on where they are now. In addition, give a reminder of their impact on the UK program. Some more than others obviously.

Let me clear up a couple things:

1. The years listed are the HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS of Tubby Smith’s recruiting classes. So his first recruiting class was the high school class of 1997.
2. I am not listing players who played for Tubby Smith but committed under Rick Pitino. Sorry, no Jeff Sheppard. No Heshimu Evans. No Nazr.
3. No Walk-Ons.

Here are the previous posts:

PART 1: Class of 1997 and 1998
PART 2: Class of 1999 and 2000

Today, we look at the next two classes: 2001 and 2002. Enjoy!

Chuck Hayes (Class of 2001)

*Played at UK from 2001 to 2005
*Career Points: 1211 (40th all-time)
*Career Rebounds: 910 (7th all-time)
*Career Assists: 290 (20th all-time)
*Professional Career: Played 9 NBA seasons for 3 teams
*Post-playing career: Worked as a staff assistant and player development scout for the Denver Nuggets, currently a player scout for the Houston Rockets

Rashaad Carruth (Class of 2001)

*Played at UK in 2001-02 season (transferred to Oklahoma, SMU, and eventually Southern Miss)
*Career Points: 143 (career-high: 19 against Duke)
*No professional career could be located
*Last known update was Carruth had a run-in with the law on drug charges in Florida but he is not found in any jail database in that state.

Josh Carrier (Class of 2001)

*Played at UK from 2001 to 2005
*Career Points: 110
*3-time Academic All-SEC
*No professional basketball career
*Post-basketball career: Worked in pharmaceutical sales for 9 years, spent 1 season as an NKU Women’s Assistant Coach, and went back into sales for the past 4 years, recently moved to Richmond, Virginia

Adam Chiles (Class of 2001)

*Played at UK in the 2001-02 season (transferred to Vincennes Junior College and then Murray State)
*Career Points: 11
*Professional Career: Played at least 1 season in Bulgaria and 1 season in NBDL, also some notes he played in Iran
*Current whereabouts unknown but potentially still lives in Louisville

Kelenna Azubuike (Class of 2002)

*Played at UK from 2002 to 2005 (left for NBA following junior seasons)
*Career Points: 970 (66th all-time)
*Professional Career: 2 seasons in NBDL then 3 seasons with the Golden State Warriors, played briefly with Dallas Mavericks in 2012
*Post-playing career: Joined the Warriors television broadcast team in 2015 and has been the main color analyst since 2019

Antwain Barbour (Class of 2002)*

*Barbour was a high school graduate in 2000 but went to Junior College before transferring to Kentucky
*Played at UK from 2002 to 2004
*Career Points: 259 (251st all-time)
*Professional Career: Played from 2004-2016 in ABA, CBA, Spain, Turkey, and Croatia
*Post-Playing Career: Exact details unknown but LinkedIn page shows Lexington, KY

Brandon Stockton (Class of 2002)

*Played at UK from 2002 to 2006
*Career Points: 120 (326th all-time)
*Professional Career: Played for the Kentucky Bison
*Post-playing Career: Worked as a medical technician in Bowling Green and recently became a sales rep for Don Franklin in Glasgow, also is a basketball coach

Bernard Cote (Class of 2002)

*Played at UK from 2002 to 2004 (transferred to Northwestern)
*Career Points: 60
*No professional basketball career
*Post-playing career: has worked for Reebok in marketing, became the Vice President for Marketing Communication for Ketchum in Montreal