“I think probably the main reason I picked that school was the conference,” King said via Scout. “I’ve always wanted to play in the ACC, the top conference in the country. Plus with the roster they have, I fit right into that system. They have a bunch of bigs and guards and not really that scoring factor and I can fit that.”
The 6-6, 180-pound guard/forward is ranked 11th in the Class of 2016 by ESPN and 18th by Scout. King used only two of his five official visits allowed and knew it would be between one of those two schools afterward.
“After the UConn visit, I knew it was between them and Louisville,” King said. “I told Coach that I had an idea of where I wanted to go. It was after the UConn visit after I came back. I went back and talked to people I needed to talk to and I kind of assessed everything.”
It was King’s connection with Pitino that ultimately led to his decision.
“I could tell as the visit went on, he started to grow to me,” King said. “He would ask me to ride with him even when we had drivers. He would have side conversations with me and tell me stories and tell me about his relationship with Russ Smith. I could tell there was something different between us.”
The Virginia native and member of the Team Takeover AAU team is averaging 14.2 points and 5.5 rebounds a game this summer.
