AJ Stewart has verbally committed to UK. Let me quote Matt from kentuckysportsradio.com here:
In the rush for news about other prospects, lets not overlook what happened here. This is a kid who basically wanted Florida forever…..they ignored him. UK swooped in and got him, over other powers such as Illinois. And at the end, Florida wanted back in and AJ said no dice. […] AJ is a great kid and a great get. And oh yeah, he told me that he would be spending the next few weeks, “trying my hardest to get Jai and Pat to come with me.”
Jai Lucas and Patrick Patterson had a great time bonding with AJ during their time in Lexington this weekend, Matt also reports. Let’s hope that AJ’s committment gives Jai, Patrick, Chris Barnes and Marshall Moses one more reason to wear Kentucky Blue next year.
I’m not for sure how badly Illinois wanted AJ. Couple this with Illinois losing Eric Gordan’s verbal committment to Indiana, and I’m sure Illinois boosters (Illini Alumni?) are mighty whizzed.
Edit: Thanks to the Concerned at dynastydefenders.com, here’s a YouTube link of the AJ Stewart chant during Big Blue Madness.
Edit 2: Thanks, Mr. Clay. Also, in case you folks don’t know about the Concerned, here’s our somewhat biased assessment.
March 18th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
NOW CAN WE FIRE TUBBY? NOW CAN THE TAILSPIN OF UK BASKETBALL END? NOW CAN WE REBUILD.NOW CAN WE STOP MAKING EXCUSES LIKE”THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD TEAMS TO BEAT ANYMORE”? RICK PITINO WE MISS THE @#$% OUT OF YOU.
March 18th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
Tubby Smith has got to go. I’m sick and tired of watching Kentucky never make a run in the tournament. I’ts getting old starting out with an 8 seed and getting beat in the second round. Tubby gets his twenty some wins every year, and does just enuogh to get to stay and make his money. He won a championship with Rick Pitino’s team, and after that he has gotten worse every year. He wont ever recruit the players, or be the coach it takes to get Kentucky back to the dominating teams, and live up to the tradition of wildcat basketball.
March 26th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
Tubby is gone now. Now what? You still are going to have a hard time getting quality kids to come to UK. Why should they? There are so many other places for the top recruits to ply their trade, why choose UK? Now that UK has harrassed Tubby out of town any good black recruit will say hmmmm……. what was going on here! Right or wrong, it looks bad. What was Tubby’s offense? UK is not a Final Four powerhouse nor National Champion powerhouse, just look at the numbers. UCLA is way ahead and is not likely to be caught by UK within this (new) century. In order to dominate the NCAA in the manner demanded by the UK fans, will require paying guys to come! Look out probation!