Dave Telep of ESPN.com posted an article yesterday on the ten recruiting story lines of the summer, and one of them included Kentucky.
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John Calipari has not received one commmitment from the 2012 class, and Telep speculates on who that would be.
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[B]When does Kentucky strike first?
[/B]Understand this, we aren’t pushing the panic button, but this is Big Blue Nation and you can never underestimate the passion Wildcats fans have for their Kentucky team. The facts are this: Kentucky has three straight No. 1-ranked recruiting classes, which is absurdly successful. However, coach John Calipari enters this summer without a single commitment in the 2012 class. If he’s to make it four straight No. 1’s, he’d better hurry because the clock is ticking. It’s almost like Calipari knows something about the NBA lockout no one else does, like a rule change keeping kids in college longer or something along those lines. Predicting where Kentucky’s first pledge comes from isn’t easy. Maybe [URL=”http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/116121/archie-goodwin”][COLOR=#225fb2]Archie Goodwin[/COLOR][/URL] (Little Rock, Ark./Sylvan Hills), [URL=”http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/66911/dajuan-coleman”][COLOR=#225fb2]DaJuan Coleman[/COLOR][/URL] (Dewitt, N.Y./Jamesville-Dewitt) or [URL=”http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/96406/ricardo-ledo”][COLOR=#225fb2]Ricardo Ledo[/COLOR][/URL] (Providence, R.I./Notre Dame Prep)? The best way to find out will be to see where Calipari positions himself July 6-10 — the opening few days of the period. Remember, Kentucky does already have NC State transfer point guard [URL=”http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/66351/ryan-harrow”][COLOR=#225fb2]Ryan Harrow[/COLOR][/URL] sitting out for next season.
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