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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 10-07-2015, 09:12 AM:

There was Duke, Kansas," Humphries said. "All these big schools were supposed to come."

Then it began snowing and continued snowing. Coaches canceled recruiting trips to this town near the Indiana-Michigan border ... with one exception. Kentucky Coach John Calipari came to the game.

Humphries, a native of Sydney, Australia, had come to La Porte in 2014 to play for the La Lumiere School. He was in the class of 2016. When he decided to reclassify and enter college this year, Calipari's interest increased. The UK coach saw in Humphries a 7-foot Plan B for this season's Kentucky front line.

"God forbid if Alex (Poythress) doesn't come back like he needs to, we didn't have enough (big) guys," Calipari said.

One of UK's heralded freshmen, guard Jamal Murray, had played against Humphries in the FIBA U17 World Championships. Humphries scored 41 points and grabbed 19 rebounds in a victory over Murray and Canada.

"Jamal told me what he was," Calipari said. "Makes 15-footers. He'll make his free throws. Anything around the goal, like 5-footers, he makes. And if he shoots it, you're thinking it's going in."

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