Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Eric Bledsoe Signs With UK; John Wall Decision Not Expected Until May 20th


As UK coaches had hoped and expected, Eric Bledsoe signed his national letter-of-intent Wednesday. He's going to be a Wildcat.

This signing fills a huge void at the point guard position. Considered to be one of the top 3 players at that spot in the 2009 class, Bledsoe can step into a starting role immediately.

The other benefit of this signing is that it makes the possibility of Kentucky not landing John Wall a little easier to swallow. John Calipari definitely wants both, but if he only ends up with Bledsoe, it's definitely not the end of the world.

Now, don't get me wrong. UK is still very hopeful that Wall will sign with the Cats as well, but they fully expect it to be a battle all the way to the end.

Calipari and his staff believe that Wall, his mother, and his AAU coach Brian Clifton all feel comfortable with Kentucky and that the program would be a great place for Wall to expedite his journey to the NBA, but when it comes to recruiting, nothing is a given.

As far as when to expect a decision from Wall goes, the UK coaches are working under the assumption that it won't come until the very end of the signing period: May 20th.


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

"if he only ends up with Bledsoe, it's definitely not the end of the world"

Geez, people! Stop it with this stuff.

Anonymous said...

If Wall comes to kentucky; just hang up another championship banner!

Anonymous said...

if wall comes to UK this is gonna be a really strong time since the FAB 5 this team will almost be unstopable we have many good recruits orton patterson and cousions then hood and dodson and also bledsoe with the thought of meeks coming back and miller this team will be tough and should be a championship team in no time at all get ready UK for a 30 win record in the first year with the calapari Era!