re: Basketball Recruiting Discussion

So I ran into a friend down at the Cockaboose today while down there stocking up for the game Saturday. He has two kids who attend the same school as Zion ... his oldest is a classmate.

He said, from what he is hearing, that both the kid and his family are playing things close to the vest but everyone believes it's between us and Kentucky and that Kentucky leads.

He said UNC has the cloud of doubt (NCAA) hanging over their heads and Coach K may not be at Duke much longer for health reasons. Said word is he's one and done so Kentucky is the leader and Coach Cal is selling that but he feels like Coach Martin can teach him some discipline and defense that he might not learn at Kentucky ... plus we're closer to home and he likes the idea of staying in-state, so do his parents, where he can be the man for at least one year.

But still, Kentucky appears to be the big leader ... at least according to what he told me. He seemed pretty sure of his info.