Former top recruit Garrison devotes to Kentucky

• Myron Medcalf, ESPN

  • Staff WriterApr 30, 2024, 06:16 PM ET Close Covers college basketball
  • Joined ESPN.com in 2011
  • Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato

Brandon Garrison, a previous luxury recruit, has actually dedicated to Kentucky, he revealed Tuesday on Instagram.Garrison, who played

at Oklahoma State last season, is new coach Mark Pope’s seventh commitment this offseason– a group that consists of previous Oklahoma standout Otega Oweh, previous San Diego State star Lamont Butler and former Wake Forest standout Andrew Carr.Editor’s Picks 1 Related Garrison(7.5 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 1.5 BPG), who was a McDonald’s

All American in

high school, is part of Pope’s very first recruiting class weeks after the former Kentucky standout replaced longtime coach John Calipari, who left for Arkansas.Pope, who had previous stints at Utah Valley and BYU, has actually accepted the expectations of a wild

fan base that ultimately soured on Calipari, who made four Final 4 looks but stopped working to make the 2nd weekend of the NCAA tournament in his final 5 seasons.”I understand the project,”Pope stated when the team presented him previously this month.

“We are here to win banners. As we go through this journey, we’re here to win banners in Nashville [at the SEC competition] since you guys turn out in Nashville like nobody else which matters. And our task here and our assignment is here to win banners in the Last Four, championship games. That’s our job.”