This week unofficially marks the start of arguably the most important time in college basketball recruiting. High school kids and prospects across the nation will take to the basketball courts this month in a grueling month of elite basketball camps and AAU circuits.During the next month, coaches will flood college basketball gyms across America to get a peek at the nation’s best talent. It’s an important time to evaluate, foster relationships and connections with the next generation of talent, and for the lucky few, it’s a time to secure verbal commitments.This month is just as important for high school kids as some try to add a star or two to their name and move up the major recruiting rankings. It’s a pressure-packed environment filled with huge expectations and often times unfair results. Every single move and step they take will be watched, recorded and scrutinized by hundreds of college coaches, but right now it’s the nature of college basketball.In the past, head coach John Calipari has been outspoken in his disapproval with summer recruiting. He has publicly said he would prefer to do what college football coaches do and shut down the recruiting for a month. He would rather be on campus helping the kids he already has adjust to their new school, as well as give the current high school kids somewhat of a break from the year-round schedule they have to face.But for now, that’s not how things are done meaning Calipari has no choice but to be on the road doing what he does best.Because this is part of UK’s official website, we can’t go into any great detail about the camps and tournaments because some of the kids could be prospective student-athletes. However, I wanted to at least give a rundown of some of the higher profile events going on.