Guard Brandon Knight, headed to Kentucky in the fall, and power forward Chiney Ogwumike, who will join her sister at Stanford, were honored as national high school athletes of the year Wednesday. It was the fourth time in eight years that the male and female awards went to a pair of basketball players. The previous…
Brandon Knight chosen as Male Prep Athlete of the Year
Kentucky will needs its freshmen to produce right away
Kentucky (No. 2) and North Carolina (No. 4) are bringing in some of the most accomplished freshman classes in the nation. UK needs its freshmen to produce right away because of the mass exodus of talent from Lexington to the NBA. UNC needs its freshmen to produce immediately because no one who wears Carolina blue wants to suffer through another mediocre season. That means players such as Enes Kanter, Brandon Knight and Doron Lamb at Kentucky and Harrison Barnes, Reggie Bullock and Kendall Marshall at North Carolina will be under the microscope next season.
Brandon Knight named to USA TODAY’s 2010 All-USA team
Brandon Knight was named to the USA TODAY’s 2010 All-USA team today. Knight, a two-time Gatorade National Player of the Year, was joined on the first team by North Carolina signee Harrison Barnes – the Player of the Year by USA Today. Also on the first team was Duke signee Kyrie Irving, Ohio State signee Jared…
Kentucky gets a special kid … who just happens to play basketball too
Brandon Knight hardly needed a recommendation, let alone a glowing one, to earn admission into any college in America. A repeat Florida Mr. Basketball and Gatorade National Player of the Year? No need to waste time and trees. Son, just show up and start shooting. Read full article here.
Brandon Knight has announced that he will play for Kentucky
In a scheduled televised press conference on ESPNU, Brandon Knight annnounced that will will play basketball for the University of Kentucky. “The place where I plan to play my college basketball is at the University of Kentucky,” Knight said. “I felt it was a place that had great players, a great environment and just a…
Kentucky recruit Brandon Knight named to Parade Magazine All-American team
Pine Crest’s two-time Gatorade National Player of the year Brandon Knight has been selected to the Parade Magazine All-American team. Knight, a 6-4 guard, was joined on the first team by Ohio State signee 6-9 Jared Sullinger (Parade Player of the Year and Naismith Player of the Year) and North Carolina recruit Harrison Barnes (Morgan Wootten Player…
Kentucky recruit Brandon Knight named Gatorade National Player of Year for 2nd time
Pine Crest star guard Brandon Knight moved alongside former prep greats LeBron James and Greg Oden Tuesday as the third two-time Gatorade National Player of the Year. Knight, ranked No. 1 in the 2010 class by Rivals.com, accepted the coveted award during a ceremony with a pep-rally type atmosphere inside a packed Pine Crest auditorium. …
Recruit Brandon Knight enjoyed his visit to Kentucky this past weekend
Adam Zagoria of ZagsBlog.com spoke with Brandon’s mother, Turgenia Knight, who said, “The Kentucky visit was wonderful. It was a very nice, kind of informal visit, to be honest. It was a relaxed visit.” Read article.