Shabazz Muhammad plans to visit Kentucky and USC this month and is still eyeing a springtime decision.
The 6-foot-6 Muhammad will be one of several high-profile recruits at Kentucky this weekend for Big Blue Madness, joining Alex Poythress, DaJuan Coleman and Willie Cauley.
Kentucky coach John Calipari joined assistants Kenny Payne and Orlando Antigua and Duke coaches Mike Krzyzewski, Jeff Capel and Steve Wojciechowski during an Oct. 5 workout at Las Vegas Bishop Gorman.
“We like Kentucky, that’s why they’re getting an official,” Ron Holmes, Muhammad’s father, told SNY.tv by phone Tuesday night.
After the Kentucky trip, Muhammad will take an unofficial to USC Oct. 29 for the Stanford football game.
“We’re just going to go down there, go to a football game and hang out with the players and stuff like that,” Holmes said.
Holmes played basketball at USC and once cut a hole in his son’s replica UCLA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar jersey.
Holmes said his son’s current list of schools included Kentucky, USC, UCLA, Kansas, Duke, UNLV, Arizona and Texas A&M, where he took an official the weekend of Sept. 24.
“They’re all doing their thing,” he said of the schools on the list. “They’re doing everything they can do, man. They’re doing a good job, all of them.”
Memphis and Texas had also been involved but Holmes said he hadn’t heard from either school “in a while.”
Muhammad is still eyeing a springtime decision so he can make the right one.
“We’ll have more time,” he said. “Watch teams, watch how they’re playing. See what the coaches are telling us, see how that transpires during the year. Just being very thorough with the process.”
Though Muhammad is projected as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft by DraftExpress.com, Holmes said his son isn’t necessarily eyeing a one-and-done season in college.
“That takes care of itself,” he said. “If he plays well and the team wins, then you kind of look at it after the first year. If not, you come back and you go again. It’s the same process every year. So he’s not in a rush to make that step.
“Of course he wants to and he’s excited about it but we’re going to make the right decision. We’re not going to do it just to do it.”
