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Nine Years Ago Today: Knight and Kidd-Gilchrist both commit to Kentucky

Over the past 10 years, there have been a lot of great days of recruiting for John Calipari and the Kentucky coaching staff, but nine years ago today might have been his best day.

During an ESPNU special, both Brandon Knight and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist were planning on making their college announcements within two hours of one another.

Knight, a class of 2010 point guard, was rated as the number five player behind guys like Harrison Barnes, Kyrie Irving, Jared Sullinger and Josh Selby.

Kidd-Gilchrist, at the time of his announcement was the #1 player in the class, but obviously making his announcement a year early caused the rankings to shift.