Luke Winn of SI.com looks at the [URL=”http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/luke_winn/10/05/2012.recruiting/”]top 5 post summer developments[/URL] in college basketball recruiting and he doesn’t think that Cal will get the next superstar as in year’s past.
[B][I]3. Kentucky, still TBD[/I][/B]
[I]Will 2012 be the first year in John Calipari’s tenure that the Wildcats don’t bring in a blockbuster class? Not if they get a commitment from Muhammad, who plans to visit Lexington for Big Blue Madness on Oct. 14. But at the moment, UK has just one 2012 pledge, which came on Sept. 21 from Archie Goodwin, an Arkansas combo guard who ranks 10th in the RSCI — and it was just eliminated from the hunt for the No. 3 overall prospect, Mitch McGary, a Michigan-born big man who could’ve slid into Anthony Davis’ spot in the lineup after his inevitable one-and-done jump to the NBA. The Wildcats remain involved with a number of big men in the 8-20 RSCI range, including Anthony Bennett (Ontario, Can.), DaJuan Coleman (Dewitt, N.Y.) and Alex Poythress (Clarksville, Tenn.)[/I]
[I]A new entry in the UK recruiting picture is Gary Harris, a Fishers, Ind., two-guard who ranks 15th in the RSCI and had been expected to land in the Big Ten, either at Indiana, Michigan State or Purdue. Scout.com analyst Evan Daniels says Harris’ interest in the Wildcats is serious — “They’re getting in late on [Harris], but Kentucky is a school that has always intrigued him” — and a ’12-13 backcourt featuring Goodwin, Harris and N.C. State transfer Ryan Harrow would be formidable. But for fans who’ve become accustomed to landing a John Wall/Brandon Knight/Marquis Teague/Anthony Davis-level star every year, it may be a slight letdown.[/I]
