Kentucky head coach John Calipari is thrilled that Andrew and Aaron Harrison will return for another year with the team after the twin declared they won't be joining the NBA draft this June.
Calipari said he met the Harrison twins on Friday morning briefly before he left for Sacramento for a scouting trip.
Kentucky, the preseason no.1 but bowed down to UConn in this year's title game, will likely be top-seeded again with the return of the Harrison twins as well as the return of other mainstays like Marcus Lee and Dakari Johnson. Said Calipari via ESPN.com: "We've got a lot of work to do. But I'm happy with whom I'm starting with. I can actually have veteran guys." Aside from the veterans, Kentucky will be beefed up with two highly-heralded freshmen in Trey Lyles and Karl Towns, Jr.
The team's top two scorers, Julius Randle and James Young, have already declared for the NBA draft.
"There's no question these guys have to blend their talents," according to Calipari. "The whole key will be everyone truly playing for each other. How quickly will they be servant leaders? They all need to be worried about each other. The greatest thing is the young guys are ecstatic. They know it's not on them."
Kentucky, the 2012 national champions, took an improbable route to this year's final by knocking off Kansas State, top seed Wichita State and archrival Louisville. It also got a boost from Aaron Harrison's clutch treys to defeat Michigan and Wisconsin on the way to the title game.
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