Ryan Hampton

[bthaunert]

Great pick up. On KSR yesterday they talked about how Hampton's dad shared info about the visit. Hampton and his family were in a room with Pope and a few others and they turned the lights down and watched a highlight video about Kentucky basketball. The lights then come on and Mo Williams walked in the room and closed the deal.

[WeWant9]

Great pick up. On KSR yesterday they talked about how Hampton's dad shared info about the visit. Hampton and his family were in a room with Pope and a few others and they turned the lights down and watched a highlight video about Kentucky basketball. The lights then come on and Mo Williams walked in the room and closed the deal.

Just shows how important it is to have the right assistants. Nothing against Brooks or Hart, but there seemed to be some type of disconnect between them, Pope, and bringing guys to UK. Probably no coincidence that Mo joins the staff, and Pope lands two of his biggest recruits (Milan M and Hampton) in his career.

[KentuckyWild2020]

In one (recruiting) sense, yes, but in the eyes of intelligent fans, no. Not yet. Ultimately he has to win. And win BIG! A continuation of the past couple of years won't work for long. It's going on 12 years since the last Final Four and 15 since the last national title...there needs to be marked improvement. Cal winning nothing but recruiting battles is what put us in this situation, now we need someone who can actually coach.... and in that regard, the monkey is still sitting right between Mark Pope's should blades.

If he can't win he has to GO without a doubt but RECRUITING and having players is a big part of that, it's the first step. I can't ever remember any team any sport that's ever won a championship without great players.

Cal ticked me off with all those 50 plus draft picks and nothing to show for. In reality, Cal could actually be one of the biggest coaching failures all time with all that talent and very little to nothing to show for, kind of insane to be honest..

[WildcatRick]

Its also great to hear that Hampton immediately started recruiting. Before he even left campus he and Mo did a zoom call with Marcus Spears Jr.

Anytime you pull in the #1 player at his position its bigger than his overall ranking.

One of the YouTube channels said they attended a camp or tourney with most of the top 10 players and Hampton was the best there. Said he gets to the basket with ease and finishes strong.

Watch the video of Hampton playing 1 on 1 with Mikel Brown.