What 3 states has UK got its best players from over the years?
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During the Calipari era
Illinois - Anthoyn Davis enough said. Don't know if Cal has reeled in anymore IL players, but that's enough.
New Jersey - MKG, Towns
Texas - Randle, Harrisons
Alabama - Cousins, Bledsoe
Indiana - Lyles, Teague
Illinois - Anthoyn Davis enough said. Don't know if Cal has reeled in anymore IL players, but that's enough.
New Jersey - MKG, Towns
Texas - Randle, Harrisons
Alabama - Cousins, Bledsoe
Indiana - Lyles, Teague
You have to start with Illinois-Anthony Davis, Issel and Antoine Walker. Nuff said.
The first 3 states that came to my mind were Georgia, Indiana and Illinois. The players from Indiana and Illinois are obvious, but for some reason I seem to like several of our players from Georgia. (Jodie, Fitch, Shep, Swoop, & Sky Walker)
I didn't mention Meeks or Fitch because they were previously mentioned by another poster. Was only mentioning some players not previously mentioned. I live in the town of Bonaire, Ga., where Bill Spivey was raised. He attended Warner Robins High School. Gerald Fitch was mentored and sponsored by my former cardiologist, Chuck Hawkins who was raised in the same town as Kenny Walker (Roberta, Ga.). Eric Manuel played at Southwest High School in Macon, about 20 miles from here. Ed Beck played on the 1958 UK team and is from Ft Valley, Ga., 14 miles away. Just threw in Ryan Harrow just for the hell of it.
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The Buckeye State was very fertile turf for UK basketball back in the Rupp-Hall days. Since then, not so much.
OK I had to look it up for myself. Last one was Chane Bahanan in 2011. Before that (ready for a blast from the past?) Scotty Hopson in 2008.
I thought we were talking about UK players. You can throw D'Angelo Russell in there too then.
Eh. He was from Louisville. They don't count
Besides he moved to Florida after his freshman year.
Well both Chane Behanan and Hopson moved to Kentucky during high school.Eh. He was from Louisville. They don't count
Really? Well for Gods sake, can any kid live in Kentucky and stay in Kentucky if he's a good basketball player??
As a 5*? I'm not sure. Rondo even left the state for his senior year.
Darius Miller was 4 years in Kentucky, but was only a 4*. What about Brandon Bender? I can't remember if he was a 5*.
Good old Darius. He'll always be a 5* in my book. Brandon Bender; wow! Another blast from the past. He talked about going pro after his JUNIOR year in high school. I don't even remember if he ended up making the league at all.
Bender? I think he played in Iraq or something like that. Now he's like a homeless man's WWW.
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