Julius Randle, one of six University of Kentucky basketball commitments or signees participating, had 19 points and seven rebounds for the losing East team.
Future Cat Julius Randle named co-MVP of Jordan Brand Classic
Future Kentucky Wildcats shine in 2013 McDonald’s All-American Game
Although the 2012-13 season didn’t go as planned, the next wave of Kentucky Wildcats re-ignited the excitement level of the Big Blue Nation
Dakari Johnson ready to face future Kentucky teammates in McDonald’s game
Dakari Johnson is the lone Kentucky commit on the McDonald’s All-American East roster. Four of his future teammates are on the West squad in the game set for April 3 at Chicago’s United Center. The way Johnson figures it, the organizers may just have been afraid to put all five future Wildcats on the same team…
Five future Wildcats lead McDonald’s All American Game roster
Five Kentucky recruits are among the 24 boys’ high school basketball players selected Thursday to this year’s McDonald’s All American Game. The 36th annual McDonald’s boys’ game will be played April 3 in Chicago and televised live at 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. Chicago native Jabari Parker, the No. 2 overall prospect in the ESPN 100, will represent…
A record five future Cats named to Jordan Brand Classic
Kentucky set a Jordan Brand Classic record Tuesday when five future Wildcats were selected for this year’s game. UK could even add to that record in the coming weeks. Aaron Harrison, Andrew Harrison, Dakari Johnson, Marcus Lee and James Young were all chosen to participate in the 2013 Jordan Brand Classic, to be played April…
UK has received National Letters of Intent from the Harrison twins, Marcus Lee, Derek Willis and James Young
From the Kentucky basketball office: At the beginning of the early signing period, the Kentucky men’s basketball team has received National Letters of Intent from Aaron and Andrew Harrison, Marcus Lee, Derek Willis and James Young, head coach John Calipari announced Thursday. Analysts have predicted it will mark the fifth consecutive top-ranked class in the country for the Wildcats. The tandem of…
Kentucky target James Young earns MVP of Nike Global Challenge
Michigan native James Young was terrific during Nike’s EYBL season. A 6-foot-6 left-hander, Young proved himself an athletic slasher that could really shoot the ball from beyond the arc. But through three games at Nike’s Global Challenge, Young had struggled for the USA’s Midwest team. He was averaging 15.0 points, but shooting just 42% from…
Five star prospect surprised at Kentucky offer but calls it a “blessing”
Back in the early spring, Troy, Mich., five-star wing James Young was telling everybody who would listen that he wanted the University of Kentucky men’s basketballprogram to recruit him. The Wildcats hadn’t previously shown a lot of interest. “Kentucky would be No. 1,” Young told The Courier-Journal in April. “That’s where I want to go. They…