No way was Jayden Quaintance going to pass up a second chance to play basketball at the University of Kentucky.
The 6-10 Quaintance planned to play at Kentucky for coach John Calipari but instead ended up at Arizona State for the 2024-25 season after Calipari left UK for Arkansas.
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