Class of 2016 five-star shooting guard Malik Monk won’t graduate from Bentonville High School in Bentonville, Arkansas, about 27 miles north of Fayetteville, for another year, but he is still high on the wish lists of many programs, particularly Kentucky.
Speaking to Kyle Tucker of the Courier-Journal, Monk stated that while he did “feel the pressure” to stay close to home and play at Arkansas, Kentucky head coach John Calipari had told him that he was being viewed as a “top priority” for the Wildcats.
Malik Monk says he feels the pressure to stay home and go to Arkansas "every day.