Kentucky’s Gillispie Offers Eight Grader Full Ride

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How Young Is Too Young?
Published 5/2/2008 by Chris at Intentional Foul
In light of the slight hubbub surrounding the University of Kentucky’s signing of Michael Avery, an 8th grader who obviously hasn’t started high school yet, I was reminded of this brilliant Mr. Show skit discussing basketball recruiting. Is this the kind of thing we can expect from schools in the future? How about signing them out of the womb… Post from: Intentional Foul How Young Is Too Young?

8th Grader Commits to Kentucky Hoops
Published 5/3/2008 by Larry Brown at Larry Brown Sports
... , 14 might be the breaking point. But for Billy Gillispie, 14 seems like it might be the prime age. Sports by Brooks brings it to my attention the news that Kentucky has offered a scholarship and ...

Doc Rivers’ Son Commits To Gators - 3 Years Early
Published 7/8/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
Austin Rivers , son of Celtics coach Doc Rivers , is quite the basketball standout of the Orlando area. So it should please many Gator fans in and around central Florida that the Winter Park product has announced his intentions to play for Billy Donovan’s squad. Austin Rivers Billy Donovan ...