Four Kentucky men’s basketball signees were named to the 2011 McDonald’s All-American team Thursday, further adding to the legacy of the UK’s 2011 signee class, ranked No. 1 by just about every major recruiting service.
It’s the most McDonald’s All-Americans in one class in school history.
UK signees Marquis Teague, Anthony Davis and Kyle Wiltjer made the West Team while Michael Gilchrist is on the East Team. We’ll have a full release on the home page shortly, but in the meantime, here is what head coach John Calipari had to say about his future Wildcats making the team:
“I’m happy for the kids,” Calipari said at Thursday’s media availability. “It’s a great honor and a lot of hard work by those kids, all four of them. (They’re) hard-working kids, good kids and it’s quite an honor.”
A signee for the UK women’s basketball team was also named a McDonald’s All-American as guard Bria Goss was named to the West Team. It’s the program’s second McDonald’s All-American in school history. Freshman Jennifer O’Neill made the team last year.
Both games will be played March 30 at the United Center in Chicago. The women will tip off at 6:30 p.m. CT on ESPNU and the men will follow a 9 p.m. CT on ESPN.