I haven't seen him this season, but have seen enough of him on the AAU circuit to know he's going to be VERY good over his 4 years at UK. Plays very hard, and has a great basketball IQ...

 

 

How athletic is Hood? By comparison sake where would you place him if you were to compare him in between Rex Chapman and J J Redick? Or does he fall far below both players?

He's a very good player that UK will have to put some weight on to prepare him for the SEC physical play. Can see a possible red shirt for him his freshman year.

 

That's the only beef I have with him is he's too skinny. Otherwise he's fantastic. He'll get that extra 25 pounds of muscle once in college. :thumb:

He's a very good player that UK will have to put some weight on to prepare him for the SEC physical play. Can see a possible red shirt for him his freshman year.

 

No way will he be a redshirt his freshmen year. Nobody that is a top 50 player in the country redshirts thier freshmen year unless they are injured. I see him getting about 10 mins a game as a freshmen.

How athletic is Hood? By comparison sake where would you place him if you were to compare him in between Rex Chapman and J J Redick? Or does he fall far below both players?

I wouldn't say far below, but he's not an exceptional athlete...

I wouldn't say far below, but he's not an exceptional athlete...

 

Agreed. In fact, he's a little gawky at first glance. But he's a pretty smooth player.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Hood is primarily a shooter, right? That's exactly what Kentucky is lacking to compliment Meeks, so I think he has a shot at coming in and contributing early.

 

Heck, Landon Slone got 25 minutes a game, twice. I think all of the freshman, being that their Gillispie's 1st true recruiting class, will get a great opportunity to play early on. What they do with it is up to them (or BCG :idunno:).

I had heard that Hood was the only returning starter of last years team. That's pretty impressive numbers so far this season. I would imagine that he will get an opportunity to play at UK as a Freshman. You can never have enough shooters, especially the way UK, aside from Meeks shoots the basketball.

He's a very good player that UK will have to put some weight on to prepare him for the SEC physical play. Can see a possible red shirt for him his freshman year.

 

 

No way.