The report out of Ames, IA is that Wesley Johnson is transferring to Kentucky!
Apparently Billy Gillispie likes the kid, and even was on him when Wesley Johnson was a high schooler in Texas
http://kentucky.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=31816&sport=2
...and has somehow persuaded Johnson to pull a Marcus Arnold and leave Iowa State, and head to Kentucky.
No press confirmation yet....
AND.........Here is some more interesting news....
most will remember Lucca Staiger, the German kid who was at Decatur Christian, recruited to Iowa State, then was deemed to have played on pro teams in Europe and was penalized by NCAA nad had to sit out all of last year.
Well, this morning's news out of Ames is that Lucca is returning to Germany to play ball this summer. He has not said he will play professionally, but the lure will be there, especially is he can play at a top level and impress scouts of the Euro pro teams.
A lot of the Iowa State fans are a bit worried that they will lose Lucca to the Euro pro teams the way Wichita State just lost Gal Mekel.
Also, the thread on the Cyclone board about Wesley Johnson leaving has turned into a RECORD-26 page Greg McDermott bashing.
A few supposed Iowa State fans are trashing McDermott because of all the players (eight of them) who have left in just the past two years, numerous of whom were Greg McDermott's own recruits (like Johnson, Dunson, Mike Tyalor, Cory Johnson, Marcus Brister, Clayton Vette, Corey McIntosh, etc...)
Kentucky just lost one of their 4-star recruits to transfer
http://unlv.rivals.com/
http://unlv.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=808620
and reportedly Billy Gillispie likes Wesley Johnson's uptempo SF style.