Issac McBride emerged as a major college point guard prospect his junior year at Arkansas Baptist Prep in Little Rock, Ark., by recording an eye-opening 24.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.6 steals a game for the 30-6 Eagles.
He didn’t attract serious attention from blueblood Kansas, however, until the late-summer AAU season, when the 6-foot-1, 180-pound Arkansas Hawks standout showed himself to be somebody with more potential than his No. 109 national ranking (by Rivals.com) would suggest.
“Kansas got involved in the July live period. We went to Las Vegas for the Fab 48 (tournament).