ELITE Transfer Brandon Garrison has committed to Kentucky basketball!
Brandon Garrison, a former five-star recruit, announced his commitment to Kentucky on Instagram on Tuesday.
Garrison, who played for Oklahoma State last season, is new coach Mark Pope’s seventh commitment this offseason, joining former Oklahoma standout Otega Oweh, former San Diego State star Lamont Butler, and former Wake Forest standout Andrew Carr.
Garrison (7.5 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 1.5 BPG), a McDonald’s All-American in high school, is part of Pope’s first recruiting class, which comes weeks after the former Kentucky standout replaced longtime coach John Calipari, who moved to Arkansas.
Pope, who previously played for Utah Valley and BYU, has accepted the expectations of a devoted fan base that eventually soured on Calipari, who made four Final Four appearances but failed to reach the second weekend of the NCAA tournament in his final five seasons.
“I understand the assignment,” Pope stated when the team introduced him earlier this month. “We’re here to win banners. As we continue on this journey, we hope to win banners in Nashville [at the SEC tournament] because you guys turn out like nobody else, and that matters. And our job and assignment here is to win banners at the Final Four and national championships. That is our job.
