LEXINGTON – Devin Askew wants no part of the talk of Kentucky basketball’s West Coast slump.
“I’m not like other West Coast kids,” Askew said when asked about being so far from home. “That doesn’t affect me.”
Still, the Sacramento, California, native is at least aware of the conversation.
“A lot of West Coast kids want to stay home, and they’re afraid to go far for college and stuff like that,” he said when asked to explain how he was different from other players from the region. “That’s not me. I want to be different — and I am different.