Three of the four players signed last week by University of Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari have been named to the first-team preseason All-American team by High Potential Scouting Service. Chicago forward Anthony Davis, Indianapolis guard Marquis Teague (photo) and New Jersey forward Michael Gilchrist were joined on the five-man, first-team by Duke signee Austin Rivers and Syracuse signee Rakeem Christmas.
Three Kentucky signees first-team All-Americans
Kentucky basketball adds four for 2011
UK head coach John Calipari is well on his way to a third-straight top-ranked recruiting class after announcing the signings of Anthony Davis, Michael Gilchrist, Marquis Teague and Kyle Wiltjer to National Letters of Intent. “These are not just terrific basketball players, but they’re terrific students and terrific people as well,” Calipari said. “Most importantly, they all have an unbelievable attitude about winning; they all wanted to play together knowing they’re going to have to sacrifice a little bit of their game for their teammates. With this group, it adds to what we already have within our program. These are four of the best, which is what we want to recruit here.”
Anthony Davis tops Scout.com’s refreshed Top 100 of the Class of 2011
Big news from their rankings: Anthony Davis moved to No. 1. Michael Gilchrist dropped to No. 5. Marquis Teague is at No. 6. From Scout.com: “We’ve got a change at the top of our individual rankings for the Class of 2011. Anthony Davis, the fastest-rising senior in the class, laid claim to the title. The…
Marquis Teague and Mike Gilchrist make USA Basketball Men’s U17 team
Featuring nine players from the 2009 USA Basketball U16 Championship Team that captured gold at the FIBA Americas Championship in Argentina, the 12 member 2010 USA U17 World Championship Team was announced today. The selections, made by USA Basketball’s Men’s Developmental National Team Committee, came after five training sessions held June 18-20 at the University…
Scout.com says Marquis Teague will be playing for Kentucky
About one hour before Marquis Teague makes his final decision, Evan Daniels of Scout.com tweeted a link to an article that stated that Marquis Teague, one of the top recruits in the country, will play in the SEC for Kentucky. We’ll have Teague’s official announcement streaming live here at 1:30 pm. Note: I’m not a subscriber…
Kentucky recruit Marquis Teague to attend Big Blue Madness
This is being reported by truebluekentucky.com. If true, he’ll be joining a very impressive recruiting class scheduled to attend Big Blue Madness: Achraf Yacoubou, Tobias Harris, Kyrie Irving and C.J. Leslie. Read article.