Kentucky Wildcats Morning Quickies: B.J. Boston Edition

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen of the Big Blue Nation and welcome to the Tuesday Morning Quickies.

Today’s big news is yesterday’s big news -- the commitment of Brandon “B.J.” Boston, currently ranked #10 in the 247Sports Composite.

Boston tells Kyle Boone of CBS Sports that he thinks Kentucky has the culture that fits him best. He is considered a gifted scorer at the wing and was the MVP of EYBL Dallas.

Boston is a good shooter out to the three point line, but the most interesting part of his game, from what I have seen, is his handle. For a player his size, he is an extremely gifted ballhandler and a very capable passer. Scoring aside, he really is skilled with the ball in his hands and runs the floor very well.

He’s a good athlete but hardly a Zion Williamson. He needs to gain considerable weight before taking the floor in college, but Boston is a great first recruit for 2020.

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Your Quickies:

Kentucky football

• Eli Manning hit especially hard by the death of Jared Lorenzen.
• The five most indispensable Wildcats. There are no real surprises here.
• Mark Stoops isn’t concerned about modest pre-season expectations from the media.
• Coach Stoops turns to the Longhorn State to find his next graduate assistant. I hear they like football there, too.
• Co-Offensive Coordinator/QB Coach Darin Hinshaw thinks Terry Wilson might throw 35-40 times per game this season.

Kentucky basketball

• Four new crystal ball picks for N’Faly Dante. All went in favor of a Pac-12 team.
• Brandon Boston could have some big-time company in Kentucky’s commitment list very soon...
• Cameron Mills (or is it Terry Brown?) shares some thoughts about ten years of John Calipari, and Kyle Macey’s recent comments.
• Kentucky fans will like the latest tweet from Dick Vitale.

Other Kentucky sports

• Report: Former Wildcats pitcher Chandler Shepherd called up by Baltimore.
• UK Hoops ranks in the top 20 in attendance for the 10th straight year.
• Kentucky volleyball wins the American Volleyball Coaches Association Academic Award for maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative GPA.

Links posts

• The Leach Report: Tuesday Wildcat Links

College football

• Georgia gets commitment from 5-star Kendall Milton, the #4 running back in the USA.
• 13 former SEC quarterbacks open training camp on NFL rosters.

College basketball

• Marcus Bagley, brother of Marvin Bagley III, commits to Arizona State.
• DaJuan Wagner Jr., son of the former Memphis player, is said to be a fearless 2023 prospect.
• What should we expect from Mick Cronin’s first year at UCLA? SI looks at the question.

Other sports news

• Former Kentucky DB Lonnie Johnson had to leave the Houston Texans practice early over the weekend with an apparent leg injury.
• Benny Snell finds ways forward:

• Terrence Jones may be coming back to the Rockets.

Other news

• Scientists built a mini-sun at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to help study solar wind.
• NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered three new planets in nearby star systems.
• Astronomers see evidence of Einstein’s theories in star orbiting a massive black hole.