He’s a 6-foot-3 two-guard who just guided Team Breakdown to the title at the just-concluded Reebok Summer Championships in Las Vegas. He’s electric, described as fearless, and he’s supposedly interested in Kansas State.
This is Kenny Boynton, a Pompano Beach, Fla., native who attends American Heritage High School in Plantation, Fla.
Props to the Las Vegas Sun for the following Sunday passage:
Boynton said he’s interested in Kansas State, Georgia Tech, Florida, Duke, Texas, Memphis and Southern California.
He plans to make a decision during the early-signing period in the fall and was blunt when asked if fans should read into him mentioning Kansas State first.
“They can read into it,” said Boynton, smiling. “I’m looking at them real good.”
Earlier, I consulted my buddy Jeff Goodman, whose outstanding daily work for foxsports.com can be found here. This was his text message on the subject of what he knew K-State was doing this summer:
“Nada about K-State… Except they may be in a little with Boynton.”
Reports on Rivals.com (No. 8 in 2009) and ESPN’s Scouts, Inc. (No. 3) confirm his interest in the Wildcats. Of course, there’s also the likes of Duke, Texas, Memphis and Florida to contend with, and we all know K-State has lost these battles before.
Remember Kenny Kadji? Of course, you do.
But now? Has Frank Martin done enough to tilt the balance of power? Are Martin’s connections in Florida strong enough to land such a coveted recruit? Was the one-year presence of Michael Beasley enough to change a top-tier prospect’s perception of Manhattan?
I’m asking, so I’d appreciate some responses. Hopefully I’ll be talking to Boynton in the coming days.
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Witherspoon prolly would have been a better comparison than Kadji imo. Kadji obtained myscommit status and is thus a better comparison with Lat Will.
I could really use a “I talked to ‘Te the other day….” kind of update on Boynton, otherwise, highly unlikely KSU gets him.
It does seem like a long shot. Its great if he really is considering us, but Martin and co. will probably have to do a bit more winning without Beasley in order to keep landing recruits like this. As of now I don’t see it happening, Boynton that is.
Jeff,
Boynton also mentions K-State as a leader in a July 8, Kevin Armstrong article for CNNSI. He again mentioned K-State as a leader to Hoopmasters.com on July 11th. No doubt that K-State is in the mix.
You could see a scenario in which Boynton would find the situation at K-State attractive. The team he would join would be very talented, (7 former top 100 highschool players not including him) very expierenced (4 SRs 4 JRs) and yet, he could still step in and be the feature guy right away.
That said, the competition is steep. Being in the final 7 doesn’t give you great odds even if the other six aren’t elite level programs. Hard to say for sure how legit our odds are, but we’ve gotten 5 commitments from former Rivals 5-star players in the three years since Wooly was fired. We’ve been listed with a dozen others. This really shouldn’t come as a suprise anymore.
Does he have any mentors we can offer jobs too?
Do we have a shot? Can we pay him more than Florida? I know we can’t pay more than Texas… but who REALLY wants to go to Texas?
Do you think he can play the point as well?
I noticed in another article just recently written that Coach Martin was indeed at his game in the Florida area at the end of July. I really hope we can get a visit from this kid. He would be a huge pickup. With his addition our roster would have Clemente, Pullen, Brown, MacGruder, and Boynton and the guard spots. Sutton, Samuels, and Kelly at the 3-spot. Anderson, Judge, Herrera, Colon as the bigs….sounds pretty good to me. A large step from where we were just a few years ago