2019 Kira Lewis Talks Recent Alabama Visit, Future Plans
Kira Lewis, the 6-foot-3 point guard from
By JACOB POLACHECK
Kira Lewis, the 6-foot-3 point guard from Hazel Green (AL) High School, told ZAGSBLOG on Friday that Alabama, Dayton, Baylor, Virginia, Tennessee, LSU, and Western Kentucky are the seven schools working hardest for his recruitment.
Lewis, who trips to Tennessee this weekend for an unofficial visit to see the North Carolina vs. Tennessee game (Dec. 17), broke down each school.
Alabama: “They talk about how they’re changing the program. They’ve got a great recruiting class this year. They’re just trying to do what they did this past year, getting top talent to the school.”
Dayton: “They want me to come in and handle the ball. They want me to come in for 2018, but they’re recruiting me for both classes. It’s a great school.”
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NEW YORK — Rick Pitino is just a self-proclaimed basketball “cheerleader” now and says he’s “living vicariously” through his son Richard Pitino, the Minnesota coach.
The elder Pitino, who was fired last month by Louisville in the wake of the FBI investigation into bribery in college basketball, sat several rows behind the Minnesota bench for the Gophers’ wild 89-84 victory over Alabama in the Barclays Center Classic that ended with Alabama playing 3-on-5.
“I’m a cheerleader so I just root for him every possession,” the elder Pitino, 65, said at halftime before Minnesota point guard Nate Mason and later the entire Alabama bench were ejected. “For me, being out of work, I’m living vicariously through him.”
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