Jai Lucas and Patrick Patterson were the two recruits in 2007 that Kentucky fans were obsessed with. Landing those two recruits could have launched Kentucky back into a contender in the SEC and the national stage.
But Tubby Smith left for Minnesota after seeing the writing on the wall, and Lucas said that left him in scramble mode.
“I was coming...I was coming to Kentucky until Coach (Tubby) Smith left and took the Minnesota job,” said Lucas. “That kind of left me in the scramble mode because I had made my mind up for months, and then that’s how I ended up at Florida.