Kentucky Wildcats offer 8th grader:

[mofome]

Sherwood, Calif., eighth-grader Michael Avery has decided to accept a scholarship offer from the Wildcats. He is a 6-foot-4 wing player who, despite his tender age, has reportedly been playing up and faring extremely well with various 17-and-under AAU squads. Some recruiting services have him rated among the nation's top 10 players in his class.

[Mattn3236]

I live in Sherwood and have seen this kid play. He's the real deal. I hear he's going to Oaks Christian Highschool (same school as Jimmy Clause)

[mofome]

I live in Sherwood and have seen this kid play. He's the real deal. I hear he's going to Oaks Christian Highschool (same school as Jimmy Clause)

Jimmy Claussen was not the best player on his team as a sr.

[thegreatdiatchi]

That's nuts man. Can he actually bypass high school baskets at any point to play for KY or must he have a high school degree or GED?

[mofome]

That's nuts man. Can he actually bypass high school baskets at any point to play for KY or must he have a high school degree or GED?

hes got to graduate HS

[topgame85]

can kentucky really recruit this early, I would think that would be a violation

[bigboydan]

This is just getting ridiculous, because USC's Tim Floyd did the same thing just last year with an 8th grader.

[NEP Dynasty]

Sick bastards these coaches are.

[slacker00]

Ship him right to the NBA. He's got more maturity than some of those guys.

[bigboydan]

Ship him right to the NBA. He's got more maturity than some of those guys.

I for one am glad that the NBA put in that 1 year of college rule actually, because that got to become ridiculous. I mean every year we seen more and more high school players trying to attempt it, and it needed to stop IMO.

[jjgold]

Bad move by Kentucky, kids mature a lot physically from 14-18. By the time he goes to college he could be an average player as other kids pass him by.