For some reason I’m always interested in what happens to random players that had some association with Kentucky basketball. For example I regularly checked up on Bernard Cote at Northwestern. Turns out he didn’t really play any better there than he did here at UK. He eventually lost interest in basketball and quit playing before his senior year.
This week I wanted to check on K.C. Ross-Miller. You may have already heard that they are both headed back to the SEC, but for those of you that don’t remember these names, here’s a little backstory.
K.C. Ross-Miller was one of Billy Gillispie’s very early recruits. He played high school ball at God’s Academy and is a 6’0”, 170 scoring point guard. Last year he averaged 26 points, 10.8 assists, 6.6 steals, and 3.3 rebounds per game. Pretty gawdy numbers. Ross-Miller was once one of the top prospects in the country and at one point came to Lexington to play in the Dunkin’ Donuts Shootout at Lexington Catholic. He went 8 for 30 shooting with six assists and four turnovers in two games. Needless to say he didn’t impress the Wildcat faithful.
Shortly after Calipari was announced as head coach it became clear that there was no room for him under the new regime. As Ross-Miller put it upon reopening his commitment, “I don’t know coach Cal, so I am opening it up and looking around,” he said. “I still like Kentucky. If Calpari sees me play and likes me, there’s still a chance (for Kentucky) but right now I’m open.” I like the way he made it sound like he was breaking up with Cal and Cal wasn’t breaking up with him.
Well it turns Ross-Miller will be coming to the SEC this season after all. He signed with Trent Johnson’s LSU’s Tigers back in February. Ross-Miller is ranked as the 37th point guard in the country and 147th overall in Rivals.com’s final class of 2010 recruiting rankings. Not bad really. LSU is excited about his potential and given how much help LSU needs after a two win conference season last year and the loss of starting point guard Bo Spencer to dismissal, he may get the chance to play significant minutes right away. I for one will be excited to see how he plays against Brandon Knight in a matchup of what could have versus what is.
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