POSTERIZED: Wanna know why Shabazz Muhammad is the No. 1 player in the country?

This is why:



Muhammad is currently out in Las Vegas with seemingly every other member of the AAU basketball world. He's played well enough this summer that he's become the top player in the country according to our Consensus Recruiting Rankings. Having said that, the folks at the Adidas 64 Tournament in Vegas were smart enough to put the four best big men in the tournament in the same super pool.

Andre Drummond won the first day, according to Jeff Goodman. This picture backs that theory up.


Yeah, that's Drummond, the No. 2 player in our rankings, posterizing Isaiah Austin, a Baylor commit and the No. 3 player in our rankings.

(h/t Justin Young for the picture)
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POSTERIZED: Mitch McGary got Shabazz'd

It's quite possible that Mitch McGary and Shabazz Muhammad could end up as teammates in Lexington next season. If that happens, I'm sure Shabazz will be more than willing to help McGary work on his back-to-the-ball defense.



You would figure that McGary, a 6-foot-10, four-star class of 2012 recruit would know better than turning his back to the ball. But I guess that's why he's a four-star recruit and not a five-star recruit.


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