The House of Blue

Here's the current roster:

2012-13 KENTUCKY BASKETBALL ROSTER
(Statistics listed are averages for 2011-12 season)

NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. PTS RBS AST
4 Jon Hood G 6-7 215 Jr. N/A N/A N/A
5 Jarrod Polson G 6-2 185 Jr. 0.1 0.4 0.1
10 Twany Beckham G 6-5 205 Sr. 0.0 0.5 0.1
12 Ryan Harrow G 6-2 175 So. N/A N/A N/A
13 Sam Malone G 5-11 190 So. 1.0 0.3 0.2
32 Brian Long G 5-9 150 So. 0.2 0.2 0.0
33 Kyle Wiltjer F 6-9 239 So. 5.0 1.8 0.4
Willie Cauley-Stein F/C 7-0 225 Fr.
Archie Goodwin G 6-5 180 Fr.
Nerlens Noel F/C 6-11 215 Fr.
Alex Poythress G/F 6-7 215 Fr.

They have seven guys on scholarship at the moment (4 freshmen, Hood, Wiltjer, Harrow) and likely Polson/Beckham as well (those scholarships are renewable each year and there aren't any promises, but you'd imagine they'll have 2 available). I wouldn't rule out a transfer, even if they have to sit out a year. That leaves probably 2 actual spots left and I think it's pretty obvious they are hoping to land Anthony Bennett for one of those.

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Do you mean in general or for UK? We have the consensus #1 class even without Bennett, so our class is solid. If you mean in general, that's debatable. There is a sense that it has been Noel/Muhammed and then everyone else, but that may just be because so many other top 25 players committed to their schools last signing period and didn't get talked about as much. I can't wait to see Poythress and Goodwin. The Jordan game got me excited.

if Bennett is actually better than Stokes at UT as rated prior to Stokes early departure then we should be in good shape if Cal can sign him?

You have GOT to be kidding!!! #1 class 4th year IN A ROW!! And you say "weak". How spoiled you are. Would you prefer Billy G's recruits?

Is Jon Hood a Jr or a redshirt So?

You have to think Amile Jefferson becomes an option at this point. Despite what some have said, I've had multiple people tell me Amile was ready to commit to UK months ago but we asked him to wait (we did the same thing with Trevor Lacy last year.) Now that we've missed on Bazz, lost MKG & everyone else to the NBA, plus looking at a battle to land Bennett, a 5-star combo forward seems like a great option for UK. And, with Leslie returning to NC State, UK should look even better to Amile.

IMO, if we aren't able to land Bennett, we'll offer Andrew Young, the 6'9 JUCO PF from California.. The kids got a nice offer sheet with Vandy, Tx A&M, NC St, Oregon and a couple others.. I just think Cal will want a more physical guy that can help on the inside that we really don't have now.. If we get Bennett, I don't think we offer him..

I also heard on the local Memphis sports channel a few days ago about a JUCO G that Memphis was looking at and they mentioned that UK was also one of the schools looking at him.. I didn't pay attention to it a whole lot and missed the name and then UK was mentioned and I was like, Who are they talking about? Then they went to something else.. Anyone know who that may be?

How can you not know Andrew Young already signed with Texas A&M? And we are looking at Torian Graham again for a 2G backup. Use GOOGLE once and a while before you post and you'll be more up to date.

I think technically that Hood will be listed as just a senior next year. He has not applied for a red-shirt year and apparently he will wait until after next season to determine if he wants to use the red-shirt option to gain another year of eligibility. He will obviously discuss this with Cal.

In fairness, Chris, there hasn't been a lot of smoke coming from the Jefferson camp for any school. Just a lot of speculation up to this point.

But when you actually read about last year's recruits, early it was a different story. AD admits to wondering if he would even go D-1, and if you remember people really wanted C.J. Leslie and how upset some were, saying thank god we got MKG. And how good can a white kid be that he signs without even being on campus. There were alot of question marks in last year's class when it first came together but look what they did. I expect no less from this group and whoever else signs with us before this recruitment time is over.