Cam’Ron Fletcher, a first-year student at the Kentucky Wildcats, entered the basketball transfer portal, the school announced Saturday.
Fletcher, a former ESPN 100 prospect from St. Louis Louis, has only played nine games for the Wildcats this season and was asked to walk away from the team for a week in December.
“Although this season did not want to go like the one of us, it was a wonderful experience to be a part of the Kentucky men’s basketball program,” Fletcher said in the statement. “I want to thank all my coaches and teammates and especially the Big Blue Nation for making my time here so special. I have grown so much this season, not only on the track but also as a man and I will be eternally grateful for this opportunity. ‘
The 6-foot-6 little forward was visibly upset by the end of Kentucky’s loss to North Carolina in December, and two days later John Calipari announced that he had asked Cam Fletcher to take some time and get away. step off the team ‘.
“He needs to think and do soul searching to get his priorities in order,” Calipari said in a tweet at the time. “Any attitude or conduct that is detrimental to this team will not be tolerated – and that applies to everyone on the team.”
Fletcher apologized for his actions at the end of the Carolina game.
Fletcher returned to the team a week later, but he played the rest of the season in just two games. He played one minute against Missouri in February and then watched about six minutes in the final season against South Carolina.
He averaged 1.7 points and 1.7 rebounds in nine games this season.
“Cam has come this far this season as a teammate and as a player,” Calipari said in the statement. “He has improved in all areas and I wish he would have had more opportunities to show everything he has worked on. He has matured this season as a person and I know he will achieve great success in whatever way he chooses “I support his decision and I will do anything to help him with his career.”