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…
Dakari Johnson ready to face future Kentucky teammates in McDonald’s game
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…
Future Cat Marcus Lee invited to McDonald’s All-American Game
UK signee Marcus Lee has been selected to play in the McDonald’s All-American Game, his high school coach told the Herald-Leader on Thursday. Lee, a 6-foot-9 senior from California, is averaging about 18 points, 20 rebounds and seven blocks per game this season. Deer Valley Coach LeChet Phillips shared the news with Lee’s family Thursday…
Future Cats Andrew and Aaron Harrison named to USA Junior National Select Team
USA Basketball today named the roster for its 2013 USA Junior National Select Team that will take on the World Select Team in the 2013 Nike Hoop Summit, and the USA will be led by two coaches and four players with prior international basketball experience, including USA medalists and prep standouts Aaron Gordon (Archbishop Mitty…
Elite big man Karl Towns commits to the Wildcats; will reclassify to 2014
Kentucky received some expected, but exciting news on Tuesday morning when five-star forward Karl Towns verbally committed to the Wildcats. Kentucky fans will have to wait a while to see him in the blue and white, but not as long as originally planned. Towns said he’s reclassifying to the 2014 high school class. In a press…
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…
Derek Willis: ‘I didn’t go to UK to start. … I went there to win’
Nearly 10 months ago, Derek Willis stood before a big crowd in the Bullitt East High School library to say he was committing to play basketball for the University of Kentucky instead of with Louisville, Indiana or Purdue. It was a highly anticipated announcement in one of the state’s most closely watched recruitments in years.…
Calipari keeps rolling as Harrison twins pick Kentucky
Thursday was going to be a huge day for somebody. When twins Aaron Harrison and Andrew Harrison announced their college decision live on national television, Kentucky scored yet another major victory on the recruiting trail and landed a backcourt capable of keeping the Wildcats in the Final Four field. It wasn’t a slam dunk for John Calipari and the Wildcats as the 6-foot-5…
Kentucky offers scholarship to Marcus Lee
Kentucky offers scholarship to Marcus Lee