ESPN’s Paul Biancardi breaks down and raves about UT hoops 2020 signing class

Southington, CT - November 1, 2017 - Crystal Bee's: Portrait of Paul Biancardi during the 2017 College Basketball Seminar (Photo by Joe Faraoni / ESPN Images)

ESPN’s Paul Biancardi breaks down and raves about UT hoops 2020 signing class

Southington, CT – November 1, 2017 – Crystal Bee’s: Portrait of Paul Biancardi during the 2017 College Basketball Seminar
(Photo by Joe Faraoni / ESPN Images)

By Vince Ferrara / @VinceSports

Paul Biancardi, the National Recruiting Director for ESPN College Basketball and NBA draft analyst, joined me for a 1-on-1 interview to talk about the great recruiting class signed by Rick Barnes and the Tennessee basketball staff.

The interview was for 99.1 The Sports Animal’s afternoon show, SportsTalk, and my podcast “Vincenzo’s View.”

He shared his detailed analysis of each of the three players in Tennessee’s 4th-ranked 2020 signing class in basketball, the class overall, how Rick Barnes recruits and builds teams and talks about what he thinks of this year’s Vols team.

Here are just a few of his quotes on the Tennessee signees from the interview.

On Keon Johnson:
“Absolutely love him. Just an elite athlete.”

On Jaden Springer:
“He plays with urgency on both ends of the court.”

On Corey Walker Jr:
“He’s a gifted scorer. He’s got length. Another high-level athlete.”

On the 2020 Signing Class Signed By Rick Barnes:
“What I love about this class is…Rick understands to recruit talent but also build a team, a lot of coaches recruit talent and they have a very talented group of guys, but they’re not a team, they’re not a unit. I think Rick Barnes is one of the absolute best at taking talent and turning it into a team.”

Listen to the entire interview below.

Read about the backgrounds of the three Vols signees HERE.

Check out the just announced Geico ESPN High School Showcase that will feature Jaden Springer playing for IMG Academy three times and Paul as an analyst during the games. See the release and schedule HERE.


Find more of my broadcasting work at VinceSports.net

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