Three-star basketball recruits who became stars in college

Posted Oct 17, 2018
Luke Maye began his career at North Carolina as a preferred walk-on and for much of his first two years his high school evaluation rang true. Then Maye beat Kentucky with a buzzer-beater in the 2017 NCAA Tournament and he's turned himself into a potential All-American. To the family member that emailed me four years ago: You were right...we should have ranked Maye. (Rivals.com)

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