(High school stats are courtesy of MaxPreps.)
Where Bryce Drew wanted to win by recruiting the players with the highest star ratings he could find who were willing to sign with Vanderbilt, Jerry Stackhouse is a big believer in player development and freshman Akeem Odusipe is a pretty good illustration of that.
Odusipe is 6’9”, 230 pounds, and while he played high school basketball three hours away at Knoxville Catholic (note: this will make it super hilarious if he turns into an All-SEC player, considering he was playing high school ball in Knoxville and Tennessee did not bother recruiting him), he’s originally from Lagos, Nigeria.