John Calipari recruits the best available players to Kentucky and it doesn’t seem to matter how he does it.
Over at the Worldwide Leader, ESPN unveiled its “winners and losers” from the 2021-22 college basketball transfer season. Jeff Borzello went with 28 total winners and had the Kentucky Wildcats near the very top, one spot behind the Texas Longhorns. Over the summer, Calipari has managed to add three high-profile transfers in Sahvir Wheeler (Georgia), Kellan Grady (Davidson), and C.J. Fredrick (Iowa) while also bringing in Oscar Tshiebwe (West Virginia) back in January.
Here’s what Borzello had to say about Kentucky’s impressive transfer portal raid:
Kentucky Wildcats: We’re used to seeing John Calipari land several of the top high school prospects, but he and his staff hit the transfer portal hard this spring (while still bringing in multiple five-star recruits, of course).