December 4, 2020
Jacob Toppin isn’t going to escape the fame of being known as “Obi Toppin’s younger brother”, but more performances like he had against Kansas will earn him plenty of his own fame here in Lexington. The sophomore transfer from Rhode Island didn’t anticipate playing this season until his immediate eligibility waiver came in a month…
November 18, 2020
In typical 2020 fashion, Jacob Toppin had to find a creative way to attend the most important night of his brother’s life. Jacob, who is the younger brother of former Dayton product Obi Toppin, was in attendance to watch Obi get selected by the New York Knicks with the No. 8 overall pick in the…
June 26, 2020
Dunking runs in the Toppin family. Obi Toppin’s leaping ability created one SportsCenter highlight after another for Dayton in 2019-20, building hype for a successful college basketball player of the year campaign. Now his younger brother is showing off his skills. The two Toppins are training together throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Obi is preparing for…
April 18, 2020
Name recognition can get you far in the game of politics. It can curry both animosity and favor for a particular individual based off nothing more than a name. This week the concept proved its worth in the sports world as Kentucky fans almost universally nodded in approval as John Calipari accepted a transfer, Jacob…