Brad Reese, a Juco/Community College player from Florida who the Cats are now considering for the 2008 class. Reese is a strong scorer, 6′6″ who had a good season playing on a team that includes Gabriel Charlie (the high school teammate of AJ Stewart. Having never seen Reese play, I have no info on whether he is any good or not and the question as to whether he may be eligible next season is still very much an open one. However UK is looking at Reese, and some other 2008 options, showing that they are not content to sit back and wait for 2009. I hope that Billy Gillispie makes the right decision to bring on to the team this time.
I have some good news of Daniel Orton and his recuitment and he told HoopsReport.com that UK was still the leader for his services and he has no other “favorites” at the moment. He did list UCLA, Kansas, Texas, Ohio State, Oklahoma and UConn as other schools he was considering. This is really good news to Kentucky couse there might be no other big man that will be really consider Kentucky at this point. I hope Billy Gillispie lands this guy on his roster.
From SI.com….note that this guy likes KC Ross-Miller (which makes me happy) and that John Wall when asked about schools, once again lists different ones in each interview:
“Two of the nation’s top point guard prospects in the class of 2010 spent Saturday morning canceling out one another, but one managed to shake the other long enough to shoot his team to a win. Team Texas guard KC Ross Miller, a Kentucky commitment, nearly dueled to a draw with Boo Williams guard Kendall Marshall, a North Carolina commitment, but Miller’s six-point, four-assist stat line included a late jumper that lifted his team to a 66-63 win. Marshall finished with nine points and five assists in the first tournament matchup of two players who likely will see a lot of one another in the next few years.”
“By my lights, the best player at the event was John Wall, the 6-4 point guard from Raleigh, N.C., whom Rivals.com ranks as the No. 1 player in the Class of 2009. As my colleague Kevin Armstrong detailed last week, Wall was a relative unknown this time last year, so this was my first chance to see him play. I was skeptical that he would be reminiscent of Derrick Rose as I was told, but that turns out to be an apt comparison. Like Rose, Wall is a suspect shooter (he probably makes a higher percentage than Rose did at this stage, but Wall shoots more of a slowly-delivered set shot). But my goodness, does Wall find people! With his size, quickness and ridiculous jumping ability, Wall went wherever he wanted with the ball and he finished strongly in traffic. Wall has participated in basketball camps at Baylor and Oklahoma State, and those two coaches, Scott Drew and the newly-hired Travis Ford, were at every one of Wall’s games. But when I asked Wall for his list on Tuesday night, the first three schools he rattled off were Memphis, Kentucky and Kansas. Those are going to be some tough schools to beat.”
Here s an update of Hunter McClintock. At this point Hunter is planning on attending Patterson Prep in North Carolina for next season….but that could change. The Wildcats are pursuing him at this point….but it is the Arizona Wildcats. Since Jennings decided to head to Europe, Arizona has been actively recruiting McClintock and saying they are interested in him for next year. Hunter’s father said that Arizona is one of the “few types of schools” that Hunter would go to instead of prep school. He has offers from other schools, but he wants to play at a top-tier program.
As for Kentucky, no contact since the Elite Camp. Speaking of the Elite camp here is a video of him of the Elite Camp.
The next chance to catch Joe and the Lakers is Sunday night againts the Grizzlies. The games is at 8 pm again and on NBA TV. Interesting side note: A “M. Southall” had a DNP-Coaches decision for the Lakers last night. And, yes, it’s that Michael Southall.
Deandre Liggins and Kevin Galloway may not play Blue Grass Ball this next year couse they are not qualified (so far). The reason for that is is that they are not getting a good GPA average. Not any Disrespect to them both, they are good players, excuse me they are great players but is it that hard to ask to keep up with there grades. If you can't keep up with your grades then how are you going to keep up with their collage grades. No disrespect out there to all them Ballaz, but school is actually more important than playing basketball and soon make the big Bucks. That's what I think, and thats a little harsh but I can't stand it anymore that tons of kids throw there life away and cant go to college and they flip burgers at McDonalds in the next four years. These guys are the two main players coming into this team next year and I hope the team will not suck because they did not make their team couse of grades. Not only will they get blamed, it will also be Gillispie's fault to to some of the UK fans.
Terrence Boyd has the Kentucky Wildcats first on his list. Like Lance stevenson it is a shock that he has the cats first on his list. Nobody knew that Billy Gillispie was recruiting this guy. If cats land this guy they might be the best team in the nation no doubt.
