Luke Loucks did not recruit Shon Abaev to Florida State by telling him what he wanted to hear.
During an appearance on the Sleepers Media College Basketball podcast, Loucks detailed the unusually direct conversations that helped bring the former Cincinnati Bearcats wing to Tallahassee. Abaev arrived at FSU with obvious pedigree as he had been a consensus top-30 prospect and McDonald’s All-American, but his freshman season with the Bearcats looked much different…