For the second time in a week, Kentucky will watch Elizabeth (N.J.) St. Patrick 2017 big man Nick Richards in an open gym.
Head coach John Calipari is expected to see the 6-foot-11 Richards on Tuesday, St. Pat’s coach Chris Chavannes said. Assistant Tony Barbee was in last Wednesday.
Kentucky has had great success recruiting New Jersey in recent years, landing current freshman guard Isaiah Briscoe out of Roselle (N.J.) Catholic and big men Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (St. Pat’s) and Dakari Johnson (St. Pat’s/Montverde Academy). Both Kidd-Gilchrist and Johnson are currently in the NBA.
Calipari’s visit will come a few days after all 30 NBA teams watched the Kentucky Combine on Sunday-Monday.
Richards is not expected to make a college decision anytime soon, sources said, and told me last week he’s “not sure” if he will visit Kentucky down the road. For now, the native of Jamaica is working on improving his game.
“I’m working on my face-up game right now,” he said. “Whatever I need to do for us to win, I’ll do it.”
Duke associate head coach Jeff Capel was in last Wednesday and UConn head coach Kevin Ollie came in Tuesday.
For more on Richards, read this feature.
