College Basketball: March to March's Weekly Recruiting Whispers

In the first installment of Weekly Whispers, we have some big recruiting news involving three of college basketball’s super-powers to wet your appetite before the Dance.

Check back in often for more recruiting “whispers” from the AAU circuit and beyond, which will be posted no less than weekly. However, when there’s something big that needs an instant update, you’ll find it here ASAP.

On to the first installment…

Well, it is not official, but reading the palm tree leaves in Florida, shooting guard Austin Rivers will be a Duke Blue Devil in 2011.

I know most of you Florida Gator fans are buying up Swampland like it’s beach-front property with the hope that Rivers stays committed (he’s that good), but it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen.

The bad news here for Florida is that Coach K needs a combo guard, and he usually gets what he wants. In the end, Coach K out-draws Billy the Kid in this high noon showdown for Doc's kid.

You see, it never hurts when your future college coach is one of the most recognized and respected names in all of sports.

Along those hall of fame lines about Coach Krzyzewski, here is some food for thought:

Do not be surprised to see Kyrie Irving and Rivers BOTH representing the Red, White, & Blue somewhere down the line on the national front.

Membership has its privileges.

Switching gears to the Blue Grass state.

Superstar lead guard Brandon Knight will be going to play for the Kentucky Wildcats and John Calipari. Obviously it’s not official yet, but mark it down.

Everyone in Florida is trying to get this young man to stay in Florida, but that’s not going to happen...mainly because Kentucky has this ace in the hole: Wall will be gone. Patterson will be gone. Cousins? Adios.

As a Kentucky fan, if you were to tell me that each of those guys were not going to be there, I would still have good reason to be excited knowing I can pull a talent like Knight.

Because that means Coach Calipari is moving them around like cattle and sending ‘em straight to the NBA. And if I were a Kentucky fan I could roll with that because it guarantees a steady stream of talent. Coach Cal has already proven it’s a formula that works for him.

Two No. 1 seeds in three years is ballin’. Does it matter whether your players are 18-years-old or 22-years-old? Nope.

Who else will be following Brandon Knight on the cattle drive to the ranch at Rupp Arena? Perhaps hybrid forward CJ Leslie, or small forward Terrence Jones . Smart money would say CJ will be on his way to Lexington to pick up where Demarcus Cousins left off.

See you next Wednesday!

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