(03-19-2017 08:26 AM)cincybb51 Wrote:  

(03-19-2017 07:04 AM)jarr Wrote:  Anybody remember Chris Lofton? He openly stated he wanted to play for us and we used the last scholarship on Tyree Evans instead. He also lit up the KY state tournament, and I think the knick on him was he was too short and too small. I believe Lofton ended up Tennesse's all all time leading scorer, even more than Allen Houston.

I actually think Von Hanford at Cov Cath is the better D1 prospect. He has offers from schools like NKU, Winthrop, Valpo,DePaul, and not sure who else.

Following from article written in 2014

"Lofton's list of schools were Tennessee, Arkansas, Cincinnati, Florida, Louisville, North Carolina State, Notre Dame and Oklahoma. The Bearcats and Vols were the only two schools to offer him a basketball scholarship. Lofton ultimately chose to play for the Vols.

During his recruitment, Lofton was waiting on Kentucky and Louisville to offer him a scholarship, but it never happened.

To this day, Lofton doesn't regret committing to Tennessee and would do it all over again if he could."

My recollection is after much consideration, UC did offer per above, but at some point told him to schit or get off the pot. Again as I recall, UL (or possibly UK) was still stringing him on so he chose to wait it out. UC moved on and offered another guy they were interested in (Tyree Evans I guess it was per above). So Lofton ended up at UT when UL didn't come through for him. He had a great career there so I'm not surprised he doesn't regret it, but I think he could have been magical at UC with his shooting and scoring ability.