{"id":676176,"date":"2026-03-24T10:28:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/676176\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T10:28:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:28:29","slug":"collin-chandler-is-motivated-to-make-a-deeper-march-madness-run-with-uk-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/676176\/","title":{"rendered":"Collin Chandler is motivated to make a deeper March Madness run with UK next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ukathletics.com\/sports\/mbball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Kentucky Basketball<\/a> sophomore guard Collin Chandler may be disappointed after the Wildcats\u2019 Round of 32 exit, but he\u2019s already focused on the future. During postgame interviews, Chandler emphasized his motivation to return to March Madness and make a deeper run come this time next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI\u2019m hungry to come back. To be back in March Madness, to win more. Right now, the loss stings. I\u2019m motivated to get back to a game like this,\u201d Chandler said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The sophomore also expressed gratitude for the experience he gained this season, noting that it helped him grow both on and off the court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI think it helped me grow a lot as a basketball player, as a person, and so I\u2019m very grateful for that,\u201d he said when asked about a potentially bigger role next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Regarding his future beyond Kentucky, Chandler kept his focus on the present and his teammates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThat\u2019s not what I\u2019m thinking about right now, but I\u2019m grateful for this season, for this team, and I hope we can celebrate together the memories that we made, relationships we made,\u201d Chandler said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Chandler\u2019s outlook signals that Kentucky\u2019s sophomore guard is ready to learn, grow, and make an even bigger impact in the 2026-27 season, so long as the Wildcats can negotiate a deal for him to return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kentucky Basketball sophomore guard Collin Chandler may be disappointed after the Wildcats\u2019 Round of 32 exit, but he\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7,217,244,231,772,1544],"class_list":{"0":"post-676176","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-college-basketball","10":"tag-kentucky-wildcats-basketball","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-basketball","13":"tag-ncaab"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116283683493596738","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}