Top basketball recruit P.J. Washington has been waiting to soak up UK’s madness

Posted Oct 13, 2016
Asked why he was bringing his five-star basketball recruit son — P.J. Washington — back to Lexington for Friday night’s Big Blue Madness so soon after last month’s official visit to UK, Paul Washington joked Monday that he didn’t even want to make this trip. “This is all P.J.,” he said with a laugh. “I’m tired of flying.” (Lexington Herald-Leader)

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