When John Calipari was hired by the University of Kentucky, Dick Vitale said "John Calipari being hired at Kentucky is a perfect storm from a recruiting stand point". That seemed funny to some, but the more things like this keep happening, you realize Dickie V may have been on to something.
The 2013 McDonald's All-American rosters were released, with it came another record set by Kentucky. John Calipari and the Wildcats have 5 players in the All-American game, the most ever by any school in history.
With this year's class, that gives Calipari 15 McDonald's All-American's since 2010. That is an insane recruiting haul in just three years. Here's a list of players to be selected since the arrival of John Calipari...
Demarcus Cousins
Terrence Jones
Brandon Knight
Doron Lamb
Anthony Davis
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
Marquis Teague
Kyle Wiltjer
Archie Goodwin
Alex Poythress
Next year's class...
Aaron Harrison
Andrew Harrison
James Young
Marcus Lee
Dakari Johnson
The scary part is Kentucky isn't done with next year's class, they stand a chance at any of following McDonald's All-American participants...
Aaron Gordon
Andrew Wiggins
And Julius Randle who was left off the roster due to being out much of the season with an injury..
Just looking at the names Cal has signed since his arrival in Lexington and the potential to add any of the last three makes him one of, if not the BEST recruiter college basketball has ever seen.
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