Sometimes the "Kentucky Effect" can impact a player without ever stepping foot on campus. Whether it ultimately ends in an offer, receiving any level of interest from the University of Kentucky can be a boon to a high school basketball player's recruitment.
Just ask Dontaie Allen, who last month worked out for UK assistant coach Joel Justus as part of a weekend visit to Pendleton County High School. Since then, interest in Allen has picked up considerably. Big Ten stalwart Purdue has been in contact along with Providence, whom Allen doesn't know much about other than it being where Chicago Bulls star Kris Dunn played, he confessed to 247Sports national recruiting analyst Brian Snow after the Terrific 24 event in Indianapolis last month.