College basketball recruiting is the main event of the summer. Fans go crazy for the latest buzz on recruits considering their school. College sports fans go through withdrawal type symptoms during the summer months. After the NBA draft there is not anything to look forward to until college football starts. The summer really is a dead time for college sports fans. However, starting in July they can get their fix as college basketball recruits from around the country compete in AAU tournaments.

In July there are three five-day segments spread out over three weeks where coaches are going all over the country trying to see as many recruits as possible. But it’s not just coaches who are watching the recruits.
Different scouts from various online sources log thousands of miles every year going to watch high school kids evaluating them, ranking them, and following them through their recruiting process. This is something the average basketball fan cannot do. But the sports hungry college basketball fans thirst for the information. And some pay big money for it. With the combination of social media and the internet, there is all kinds of information available.

Coach Pitino has been working hard this summer and made his trip around the country during this July evaluation period checking out big guys to round out the 2014 class. He has watched Goodluck Okonoboh, Jaylen Johnson, Elbert Robinson, Leron Black, Trey Lyles, Cliff Alexander, Angel Delgado, Myles Turner and Juco Cinmeon Bowers. Coach Pitino will likely take a 4 and 5 player from this group and in my opinion we can’t go wrong with any 2 players from the bunch. You can check out their profiles on my recruiting page and I will try to keep you updated with news from multiple sources surrounding each of them.