Clever title, I know.
In a report to North Star BBall, Alex Schwartz discusses the consensus #1 prospect in 2011, Michael Gilchrist. The article talks about Gilchrist’s game, his accomplishments, and his modesty through it all.
Gilchrist has been considered the top basketball prospect in the country since last year, regardless of age, and while many have predicted that he’ll end up with John Calipari at Kentucky, that’s not written in stone just yet.
“It’s a foregone conclusion that he will be a Wildcat one day, right? Yes, pretty much. Yet, it might be that he ends up as a Villanova Wildcat. Two well-informed independent sources with knowledge of the situation have told me that it is their opinion that, at the end of the day, Michael Gilchrist will be going to VU and not UK. While they are not citing any specific knowledge of this and are not saying it’s a done deal, they are commenting that they think “Gilly” will choose to stay closer to home and go to the surging Big East power. It it nearly a definite yes that Michael Gilchrist will be a Wildcat, but the question is this: What type of Wildcat will the world’s best prospect be?”
We’ve been hearing for months and months now that it’s Kentucky and Villanova for Gilchrist. What will he do? He doesn’t strike me as the Derrick Rose type of kid that wants to be pushed right to the NBA while World Wide Wes puts cash in his family and friend’s pockets. Gilchrist has his head on straight and in more than one interview has been described as shy even.
…A commenter yesterday basically gave up on Gilchrist in a ‘Nova uni…I say we still have a big chance…
