We didn’t really think that R.J. Hampton was going to join the Texas Tech basketball program did we? Sure, it was exciting to think about the possibility of the No. 6 player in the nation joining Chris Beard’s loaded 2019 recruiting class and after the Little Elm, Texas product replaced Duke with Texas Tech in his final four schools, visions of blue-chip prospects were dancing in our heads.
But as his recruitment unfolded, especially over the last seven days, it began to look less and less likely that Hampton was legitimately considering Texas Tech. First of all, there was his father’s comments in the May 20th edition of the Kansas City Star in which he said that his son was still yet to decide if he was really serious about Texas Tech.