I don’t know if many of you remember Bo Lanter, a walk on at the University of Kentucky back in 1979-1982, but his son is now seeing some run at the Joe Craft Center.
Tod Lanter, a former high school basketball in Lexington, is now a practice player with the Kentucky Basketball team and could possibly earn his way on the team as a walk on.
“They told me from the beginning there were no promises or anything,” Lanter said. “They said they would have to see how I worked with the team, but they ended up letting me in practice.”
Obviously, the goal for Lanter is to earn a walk-on position. To officially join the same team his dad, Bo, walked on from 1980-82 would be nothing short of a dream come true, one that started with a risky decision after a season at a small junior college in Florida.
Lanter was raised in Lexington and played high school ball at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. Like his father, who scored 43 points during his three-year career at UK, he had aspirations of playing Division-I ball.
Bo’s son grew up hearing tales of his dad’s stories at Kentucky, but he didn’t understand until later in his youth what it meant to play at UK. As soon as Lanter realized the privilege his dad enjoyed, the magnitude cast a shadow over him.
“I just kind of used that as motivation to push myself,” Lanter said. “Even though he was just a walk-on here, I was always under his shadow. In games in high school, people would always chant, ‘Dad-dy’s bet-ter!’ That was just more motivation.”
Make sure you click the link above to check out more information on Lanter, but it sure sounds like he has a shot to make the team.
