Matthew Hurt drew quite the crowd on Tuesday night, leading to an offer from Kentucky head coach John Calipari on Wednesday. Hurt’s father Richard confirmed the offer to ZAGSBLOG on Wednesday.
Calipari and Kentucky assistant Joel Justus, North Carolina’s Roy Williams and Hubert Davis and UCLA’s David Grace were on hand to watch Hurt pour in 48 points as Rochester (MN) John Marshall downed Red Wing, 83-61. Hurt had 31 points at the half.
At @JMRocketsBBB, @KentuckyMBB head coach John Calipari and @UNC_Basketball HC Roy Williams were in #RochMn to watch Matthew Hurt play…I’m no expert, but IMO, Hurt did not disappoint both head coaches tonight… pic.twitter.com/oWGTJxopM7
— Sean Tehan TV (@SeanTehanABC6) December 13, 2017
Rochester JM’s @HurtMatthew has 31 points at the half playing in front of UNC’s Roy Williams and Hubert Davis, Kentucky’s @UKCoachCalipari and @UKCoachJustus and UCLA’s @CoachDavidGrace. #rochmn #notbad pic.twitter.com/r14P0CAhOa
— Brian Olson (@brolson) December 13, 2017
Hurt, who is ranked by 247Sports as the No. 5 player in the Class of 2019, took unofficial visits to Duke (Oct. 20) and North Carolina (Oct. 21) earlier this year. He has also taken unofficial visits to Kentucky (Sept. 28), Indiana (Sept. 29), Minnesota (Oct. 29), and Kansas (Nov. 17).
“I think the message was not just in words but also what we saw in the scrimmage at Duke, I think the coaches wanted to point out how he would fit in,” Hurt’s father Richard told ZAGSBLOG following his Duke visit. “Coach K asked Matthew after the scrimmage when we were meeting with him in the office was, ‘Who do you see that’s out there that’s like you?’”
“Coach [Roy] Williams wanted Matthew to kind of watch Luke May a little bit,” Richard said of the UNC visit. “He said, ‘Look may not have your talent but he’s got the versatility where he can go inside and go outside, so watch him in practice.”
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