John Calipari’s biggest superstar at Kentucky may have never stepped foot on campus in Lexington, if not for another superstar’s misstep in Chapel Hill. John Wall recently said he wanted to go to North Carolina, until he had a fateful interaction with Tyler Hansbrough.
The former Kentucky superstar relived some of his recruitment with former North Carolina Theo Pinson on the Run Your Race podcast. While dishing with the former Tar Heel, the Raleigh native admitted he wanted to go to play college ball closer to home, but, “They ****** it up.