The rich get richer

[Ellenson Guerrero]

Calipari recruits well because he's a "players coach"------those types recruit real well, but underachieve their talent.

How can you say Calipari is an underachiever? Are you serious? In the 1990s, he took a dumpy program at UMass to 5 straight tourneys, an Elite Eight and a Final Four. Then he took a marginal program at Memphis and turned it into a powerhouse. Last four years: E8, E8, Championship Game & S16. How that is underachieving is beyond me. No matter how good the talent you are bringing in that type of consistency is tough to find.

[CrimsonNCrean]

Wall really wanted to play for UNC but Roy never offered him a scholarship and after his recent arrest for breaking and entering any chances of being a Tar Heel were finished. He has a "handler" named Brian Clifton who was his AAU coach and a real hanger on that Roy refused to deal with which resulted in Clifton being very outspoken in his dislike of Roy. Clifton was trying to push him to Duke who had offered him a schollie. The kid just took his SAT in the last few weeks and no one is even sure he will be a qualifier at most schools.

With Wall on board, UK would currently sit over committed by either 3 or 4 scholarships. It will be interesting to see how Calipari resolves that one and how many good kids are squeezed out of scholarships.

Calipari's legacy of recruiting of "one and done's" is unrivaled.

WorldWideWes is the reason for all of Memphis's and UK's sudden recruiting success.