Some recruiting nuggets reported on UK rivals.com on various players playing in the Kentucky SR vs JR Allstar game.

* Darius Miller had 12 points and an estimated 7-8 assists. His passing and all-around game was very good. He really made his teammates better, did all the little things. He also threw in a big-time reverse dunk, a couple of 3s and a huge blocked shot for good measure.

* Shelvin Mack was, well, Shelvin Mack. Tremendous. A force on both ends of the floor. He had 20 points, including four 3s, and caused the junior ball-handlers a lot of trouble with his D. He and Miller have a great connection on the court. They complemented each other extremely well. Just a great basketball player. The buzz around the KY staff was how big a steal Butler got with Mack and how he could have gotten away from both UK and UofL.

* Tyler Brown of Owensboro Apollo (who I think is headed to Morehead State) was a surprise. Really did a lot of things well. High energy kid, maximum effort on both ends. He had 18 points, knocked down a few treys.

* UK walk-on Landon Slone had a nice second half to finish with 17 points. His outside shot wasn't falling like usual, but he did some decent things around the basket. Seems to have a good basketball IQ and nose for the ball. He plays with good effort, but will need to take it to a whole new level at UK in order to make an impact. Athletically, he needs to keep pushing himself to get more explosive. At times, he looked uncomfortable with tight defense, and some guys were able to drive around him on D.

* Jon Hood had 12 points for the junior all-stars. He told me he was playing his 17th game in the last five days, so his legs weren't totally there tonight. He still looked good. Handled the ball a lot, passed well. He had 3-4 drives to the hoop where he was fouled (rare displays of D in this game). He joked afterward how guys will actually defend him and Darius, but no one else. Nobody wants the UK-bound guys to go off on them. He stroked two 3s in the second half. Very nice form on the shot. More athletic and competitive than you'd ever believe.

* Jacob Jenkins may have been the biggest eye-opener for me. He had 16 points, including 4 treys for the junior all-stars. This is coming off the UK Elite Camp where he reportedly lit it up for 7 or 8 3s and 30-some points in one game. He feels like he's done everything he can do to attract big-time attention. South Carolina seems very interested since Darrin Horn took over that job. Jenkins is fairly athletic, too. I think he's a guy to really keep a close eye on. Stock could be ready to go way up.