Class of 2019 standout Matthew Hurt hosting a string of blue bloods for home visits
By ADAM ZAGORIA Matthew Hurt, the 6-foot-9 Class
By ADAM ZAGORIA Matthew Hurt, the 6-foot-9 Class
By ADAM ZAGORIA The biggest game in Las
By DANIEL YNFANTE
NEW YORK — Stay at home, or play for a historic program?
Matthew Hurt’s college decision looms.
On Saturday, some of college basketball’s marquee coaches sat courtside to watch Hurt score 29 points, grab 6 rebounds and record 6 assists as his D1 Minnesota squad beat Team Loaded (NC), 77-59, Team Loaded (NC) at the Adidas Gauntlet Finale at Basketball City.
Among those in attendance were Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, Kansas’ Bill Self and Minnesota’s Richard Pitino, as well as assistant coaches from Kentucky, North Carolina and Indiana. Self coached Hurt last month on the gold-medal winning USA U18 team in the FIBA U18 Americas Championship.
Hurt said he felt no pressure being watched by dozens of coaches.
“I really don’t try to focus on that,” he told ZAGSBLOG. “I try to go out there, play my game and play for my teammates. Whoever is watching is watching.”
By ADAM ZAGORIA
ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO — Fresh off watching Justify win the Triple Crown at the Belmont Stakes in New York on Saturday, Kentucky coach John Calipari made an appearance here Monday night to watch several top prospects in a blowout of epic proportions.
Calipari and assistant Tony Barbee were among the coaches courtside for Tyrese Maxey, Matthew Hurt and Cole Anthony as the U.S. destroyed Panama, 118-26, in the FIBA Americas U18 Championship at the Meridian Centre.
“He just tries to help me get better always, tells me the things I need to work on,” Maxey, a Class of 2019 Kentucky commit, said of his future coach after going for 12 points and 3 assists in the lopsided loss. “He’s just checking in, saying hello all the time, asks me how I’m doing.”
By ADAM ZAGORIA ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO -- College
By ADAM ZAGORIA Matthew Hurt, the 6-foot-9 Class
