A potential huge miss for the 2019 or 2020 Texas basketball recruiting class lately didn’t turn out to be a very realistic target after all. Five-star Little Elm, TX, shooting guard RJ Hampton was once a crucial target for the 2020 Texas basketball recruiting class before he reclassified to the 2019 cycle. Getting a shot at landing Hampton to come to the Forty Acres immediately was also a nice thought for head Texas basketball coach Shaka Smart.
However, Texas basketball didn’t make it through the final set of finalist school cuts for Hampton. As a result, one of the best final targets for Texas was lost and the 2019 signing class was pretty much in the books.