It’s believed to be a two-school race for the five-star scoring guard, with Arkansas presumably leading the way and Kentucky doing all it can to split up all of Monk’s ties to the Razorbacks. Monk’s older brother, Marcus Monk, played four years for Arkansas and worked under Mike Anderson as a graduate assistant. Monk’s cousin, Rashad Madden, averaged almost 10 points per game as a senior at Arkansas last season. Then there’s the location factor; Monk is from just outside Fayetteville in Bentonville.
But Kentucky has the John Calipari factor and Monk may be his top target in the class.