Name recognition can get you far in the game of politics. It can curry both animosity and favor for a particular individual based off nothing more than a name. This week the concept proved its worth in the sports world as Kentucky fans almost universally nodded in approval as John Calipari accepted a transfer, Jacob Toppin, the younger brother of college basketball’s player of the year, Obi Toppin.
The first non-grad transfer Calipari has brought to UK since Ryan Harrow’s ill-fated 2013 basketball season, fans would probably be initially hesitant to welcome a small forward who averaged just 5.