Jabari Parker, one of the highest-rated players in the high school class of 2013, has his list of college choices narrowed to five. Then again, he really doesn’t.
“I never cut the list down,” Parker said on Friday at the LeBron James Skills Academy. “I had a top five because the websites ask for it.”
Fact or fiction, Parker had said his top five were Kansas, Duke, Illinois, Michigan State and Washington.
Various recruiting websites are ‘really big” on narrowing lists to a select group of schools, Parker noted. “They were, like, forcing me,” he added with a smile. “It wouldn’t look good for them if I didn’t have (a top five).”
When asked what schools could expand the top five that really isn’t, Parker mentioned Ohio State.
Parker, a 6-8 player from Chicago, is ranked No. 2 in the class of 2013 by Hoop Scoop and No. 4 by Rivals. His father, Sonny Parker, played for Texas A&M and later the Golden State Warriors.
Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald- Leader has covered Kentucky basketball since the 1981-82 season. That time includes five coaches, five Final Fours, four athletic directors, two interim athletic directors and many memories. Before coming to Lexington, Tipton worked eight years for the Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch. He covered Marshall’s basketball team for two seasons before coming to the Herald-Leader.
