The history of Kentucky Basketball isn’t all winning and grinning, especially on the recruiting trail. A bevy of national and conference championships represents enough success to cement a program in legendarium, but from the Adolph Rupp days all the way through John Calipari, a few misses defined the blue and white in the worst possible way.
Before we jump in, I want to give a little credit to Mark Pope for not appearing on this list.
Is that because he’s only entering his third year at the helm, and pretty much all of his misses are still in the process of trying to make the Wildcats regret their fallout? Maybe, but I like the guy, so for now he gets an extra golden star for avoiding a mention here.
3. Andrew Wiggins
As a kid, the Andrew Wiggins recruitment was big enough that I remember hearing about it at family pool parties. Everybody was talking about this five-star wing that was meant to change the game in Lexington…