Welp, here we go. What has felt inevitable since the start of the season is now a reality: Reed Sheppard is a projected first-round pick.
No, not in four years or even two, now. One-and-done.
It’s easy to dream big with Laurel County’s finest as a multi-year legacy superstar, someone set on sticking around four years to rewrite the history books in Lexington. We would all love that, obviously. But let me be the first to tell you: it ain’t happening.
ESPN’s Jonathan Givony already named Sheppard his most surprising freshman in college basketball this week.