August 18, 2019
Believe it or not, Sacha Killeya-Jones played a pivotal role in the Virginia Cavaliers winning their first men’s basketball National Championship in 2019. According to SB Nation’s Ricky O’Donnell, SKJ’s recruitment helped bring in arguably the most important player in the Cavaliers’ title run: De’Andre Hunter. Back in 2016, Virginia Head Coach Tony Bennett was…
April 16, 2019
Just a year after Sacha Killeya-Jones announced he would transfer from Kentucky, the former McDonald’s All-American has joined a Central European basketball academy. Get Better Academy in the Czech Republic’s capital of Prague announced Killeya-Jones recently joined the program. Through his first nine games with the program he’s averaged 19 points and 8.7 rebounds per game.…
February 28, 2019
On February 13, North Carolina State head coach Kevin Keatts announced former Kentucky forward Sacha Killeya-Jones was “no longer on the team.” Today, the former Wildcat officially made the decision to leave the school and pursue his dream as a professional basketball player. Killeya-Jones made the following announcement on Twitter: pic.twitter.com/0anE2NXd5H — sacha killeya-jones (@SKJ)…
February 14, 2019
Sacha Killeya-Jones wasn’t on the N.C. State sideline Wednesday night when the Wolfpack hosted Syracuse down in Raleigh. After the game, N.C. State head coach Kevin Keatts was asked about Killeya-Jones’ surprise absence from the bench. Keatts said, “Sacha is no longer on the team. That’s all I’ll say for now.” A former Kentucky Wildcat…
September 14, 2018
Sacha Killeya-Jones transferred to NC State back in May; today, he opened up about his decision to leave Kentucky in an interview with The Athletic’s CL Brown. Killeya-Jones, who will sit out this season per NCAA rules, said he doesn’t regret his time at Kentucky because it made him a better player, but admitted the…
