Ask five-star basketball recruit Matthew Hurt to name the schools recruiting him the hardest going into the summer before his senior season, and you get a list of the bluest of the sport’s bluebloods in return.
Among those in the mix: Kentucky, Duke, North Carolina, Kansas, UCLA, Louisville and Indiana. It doesn’t get much more impressive than that.
There’s also Memphis, now coached by Penny Hardaway, who has generated as much buzz as anyone in college basketball this spring. And there’s Minnesota, the home-state school for Hurt and the program that features his older brother as a key player.