Hurt is from my state and seen him since he was an 8th grader. He's so skilled offensively and has stayed at his HS--which is good but usually loses Section Title game to Lakeville North which has produced JP Macura, Nathan Reuvers of Wisconsin, and has better overall team then Hurt. Lakeville North also plays in same conference as Apple Valley and Tre Jones and I expect them to win the conference over AV.
Hurt's brother sucks, but Pitino has been giving him playing time to appeal to the Hurt family. Michael should be playing low D1 ball and he's in rotation at Minnesota. Matthew is a Frank Kaminksy, Jon Leuer, type of big and all the talk was he was going to Kansas for a while due to Dad running the AAU program (Adidas D-1 MN) up here--but they have sent kids to Nike schools (Jericho Sims at Texas for instance, Macura to Xavier, etc..). Hurt's dad is running it in name only and is an interesting character as I've seen him challenge an entire AAU team of teenagers to a fight after a closer then expected game last Spring. Then again Rayce Thompson's dad--former NFL player Darrell Thompson did the same thing, and it was over fact the team of no names played their kids tough and didn't back down.
Hurt is an elite talent, UNC wants him badly and spent most time up here recruiting him to this point--Cal's visit made a lot of noise up here last night and of course you'll have Duke involved as they are popular up in MN with litany of players choosing them and being successful. Hear Hurt is open and willing to listen and make his own mark--so have to see if he decides to try and stay home and do it at Minnesota or if he leaves and chooses his own path.
