Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Kentucky's lack of Class (of 2012) nothing to worry about
Another weekend has passed and Kentucky still has zero commitments from the Class of 2012.
So Wildcats fans should be concerned, right?
"Not at all," Scout.com recruiting analyst Evan Daniels said. "At this point, it's hard to doubt John Calipari and what he's doing recruiting wise."
Exactly.
Which is why I joked last week during a podcast with my colleagues Matt Norlander and Jeff Goodman that worrying about when Calipari will land his next great prospect is akin to worrying about when George Clooney will land his next gorgeous woman. Just give it time. It'll happen, because it always happens.
Calipari is similarly great at landing heralded basketball prospects. He has enrolled at least one McDonald's All-American in each of his past five classes and had the consensus top-ranked recruiting class each of the past three years. He has secured elite point guards (Derrick Rose, Tyreke Evans, John Wall, Brandon Knight), elite wings (Doron Lamb, Mike Gilchrist) and elite bigs (DeMarcus Cousins, Enes Kanter, Terrence Jones, Anthony Davis), all of which allowed him to win 30 games in each of his final four seasons at Memphis, win a national-best 35 games in his first season at Kentucky, make a Final Four in his second season at Kentucky and garner a No. 2 ranking in this year's CBSSports.com preseason Top 25 (and one).In 2005, Clooney had a smoking hot British model. When that ended he dated a smoking hot Vegas cocktail waitress. When that ended he dated a smoking hot Italian actress. When that ended he got Stacy Keibler, and did I mention that George Clooney is awesome?Read More Here
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