Carrier to WKU would have been good for the state tbh.
96’ UHA started a front court of Lamont Barnes 6’10”, Harold Swanigan 6’10” and Isiah Victor 6’8”.
Not stiffs, played at Temple, ND and UT (UK should have recruited Victor, never understood that).
It was a joke watching them play against other HS squads. Problem is they thought it was a joke too and never played hard.
You a JC guy?Remember listening to that tourney driving from Johnson City to Columbus for the cursed 2004 tourney
I had higher hopes for Todd Tackett, tbh.
The old timers eating breakfast down at the local greasy spoon were hoping for it. Believe it or not, many of our fan base saw a 6’5 homegrown white boy with short cropped hair that could shoot and immediately thought “Rex!” It’s not that big of a reach to think some of our LOW BASKETBALL IQ fans made that connection.
It always felt like VanHoose got all the glory off that team. Which is weird considering Tackett made that team go and the fact he got the UK scholly.The Jerry Tipton columns re: JR VanHoose’s lack of recruitment might have been peak Tipton
You brought up JP Blevins being Kentucky’s Damon Bailey? Damon Bailey was and still is Indiana’s all time leading scorer in the history of high school hoops, was a McDonald’s All American, Naismith National High School Player of the Year, & USA Today National High School Player of the Decade playing against far superior competition in high school than Blevins.
I don’t think we’re properly evaluating Kentucky High School Basketball talent level & competition as a whole on a national scale.
You wouldn't rather be talking about a bicycle movie?Not to derail the actual sports conversation (please keep going), but just have to make a side note that this No Limit doc is fantastic.
Any legendary yarns to be spun about Jared Carter?