Hours after getting a huge early season win on the court against the Duke Blue Devils, the Kentucky Wildcats got maybe even a bigger win off of it when Malik Monk, a five star guard from the state of Arkansas, chose to attend school at the SEC power instead of his home state Razorbacks:
— Solo (@AhmadMonk) November 18, 2015
The move was seen as somewhat surprising since he was considered a strong lean toward the Hogs as soon as this past October. One of the reported reasons he chose to leave the state was the advice of his brother, former Arkansas football player Marcus:
BREAKING: Malik Monk wanted to commit to Arkansas.