Ever since Memphis hired its former star player, Penny Hardaway, as its new basketball coach, the narrative on five-star prospect James Wiseman’s recruitment has been a simple one.
It’s either Memphis of Kentucky, and no one seems to have a great handle on who the leader is, if one exists at all.
When national recruiting analyst Jerry Meyer changed his prediction for Wiseman from UK to Memphis last week, it turned the 6-foot-11 power forward’s into a literal tossup, according to his 247Sports Crystal Ball page.
Fifty percent of the predictions went to the Tigers.