John Calipari knows what he wants, and he usually gets it .Brandon Dill/Associated Press
Burning Question: Will this be the best recruiting class John Calipari has ever assembled?
At this point, it's a given that John Calipari is going to sign at least three 5-star recruits. Including this year's class, he has landed at least that many studs in nine consecutive seasons. This year, he has already gone above and beyond his norm, inking five 5-star guys, a sixth top-50 player and a seventh top-100 player.
For this to become his best class ever, though, he still has some work to do.
That bar was set quite high in 2013 when Kentucky added three of the top six recruits in the country and a total of six in the top 24—all rated as 5-star guys. It was when four of those players returned for a second season that Kentucky darn near went 40-0.
But there is virtually no one returning from the 2016-17 roster. Derek Willis, Dominique Hawkins and Mychal Mulder were seniors. Malik Monk, De'Aaron Fox and Isaiah Briscoe have already declared for the draft and signed with an agent. Bam Adebayo doesn't have an agent yet, but everyone expects him to stay in the draft. And while Isaac Humphries has not officially declared for the draft, Scout's Evan Daniels tweeted a few days ago that Humphries is "seriously contemplating pursuing professional options."
If Adebayo and Humphries both leave, Wenyen Gabriel would be the only returning Wildcat with at least 100 minutes of college experience.
In other words, there's room on the roster for more guys, and Calipari is still trying to sign more future stars. Mohamed Bamba (Scout's No. 2 recruit), Kevin Knox (No. 7) and Jeremiah Tilmon (No. 18) are all targets who are considering Kentucky and vice versa.
Sign one of those three and there's a strong case to be made that it would be the most impressive recruiting haul of Calipari's career. Sign two or three of them and it's an open-and-shut case.
(Surely it's a coincidence that 30 for 30's "One and Not Done" documentary on Calipari debuts this week.)
AlohaCat
Burning Question: Will this be the best recruiting class John Calipari has ever assembled?
At this point, it's a given that John Calipari is going to sign at least three 5-star recruits. Including this year's class, he has landed at least that many studs in nine consecutive seasons. This year, he has already gone above and beyond his norm, inking five 5-star guys, a sixth top-50 player and a seventh top-100 player.
For this to become his best class ever, though, he still has some work to do.
That bar was set quite high in 2013 when Kentucky added three of the top six recruits in the country and a total of six in the top 24—all rated as 5-star guys. It was when four of those players returned for a second season that Kentucky darn near went 40-0.
But there is virtually no one returning from the 2016-17 roster. Derek Willis, Dominique Hawkins and Mychal Mulder were seniors. Malik Monk, De'Aaron Fox and Isaiah Briscoe have already declared for the draft and signed with an agent. Bam Adebayo doesn't have an agent yet, but everyone expects him to stay in the draft. And while Isaac Humphries has not officially declared for the draft, Scout's Evan Daniels tweeted a few days ago that Humphries is "seriously contemplating pursuing professional options."
If Adebayo and Humphries both leave, Wenyen Gabriel would be the only returning Wildcat with at least 100 minutes of college experience.
In other words, there's room on the roster for more guys, and Calipari is still trying to sign more future stars. Mohamed Bamba (Scout's No. 2 recruit), Kevin Knox (No. 7) and Jeremiah Tilmon (No. 18) are all targets who are considering Kentucky and vice versa.
Sign one of those three and there's a strong case to be made that it would be the most impressive recruiting haul of Calipari's career. Sign two or three of them and it's an open-and-shut case.
(Surely it's a coincidence that 30 for 30's "One and Not Done" documentary on Calipari debuts this week.)
AlohaCat
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