Pressure to perform is nothing new to Kentucky freshman Malik Monk.
Malik Monk knows pressure. At 18 years of age he has already encountered pressure from within and from outside forces that have tried to break down the basketball phenom from Bentonville, Arkansas.
The pressure began at Bentonville High School, there Monk quickly became the state of Arkansas’ fastest rising basketball player. Showcasing a night by night highlight reel of astonishing dunks and pull-up jumpers from 25 feet out, the Malik Monk hype train picked up more and more steam.
Arkansas Razorbacks coach Mike Anderson and staff quickly pursued Monk and many tabbed him as the next great star of Razorback basketball, joining the ranks of Corliss Williamson, Scotty Thurman, Joe Johnson, Ronnie Brewer, and other greats who passed through the program.