Brian Bowen, out of La Lumiere High School in Indiana, was recruited by the likes of Louisville, Michigan State, Arizona and Kansas. He was ranked as the No. 13 player in the 2017 class by 247Sports, No. 21 by Rivals and No. 14 by ESPN. The five-star prospect played in the McDonald’s All-American game last March and signed with the Cardinals three months later.
It’s now late April 2018 and Bowen not only has yet to play a college basketball game, he’s still waiting on an NCAA ruling to see if it’ll ever happen.