Aaron Torres Torres Podcast: Would Calipari ever leave for the NBA, Chris Beard has Texas rising + Recruiting guru Jake Weingarten joins the show

It’s a loaded Aaron Torres Podcast, as Aaron discusses the John Calipari NBA chatter and gives the only two scenarios Cal leaves Kentucky for the pros. He also talks about Chris Beard building a power at Texas and hands out his College World Series pick. Then he brings on recruiting guru Jake Weingarten to talk Jalen Duren, and other big recruiting topics.

Calipari/NBA rumors + Chris Beard building a monster at Texas: Aaron opens the show by discussing the latest John Calipari-to-the-NBA rumors, which Coach Cal immediately shot down. He also shares the only two scenarios where he could ever see Cal leaving Lexington for the pros (2:30). From there, he switches to Texas, where Chris Beard picked up yet another marquee transfer. And as Aaron explains, he believes that Beard is in the process of building Texas into the next, great, college hoops power (19:30). Finally, Aaron wraps by talking a crazy story out of Arizona State football (32:00) and shares his College World Series title pick (34:30).

Recruiting guru Jake Weingarten joins the show: Next up, Aaron welcomes in recruiting guru Jake Weingarten to discuss all the big topics in college hoops recruiting. The guys discuss the importance of high school players returning to campus and how coaches are handling recruiting against professional leagues (47:00). From there the guys do a deep dive on Jalen Duren and why Jake believes there’s a good chance he plays college hoops next year (51:00). Finally, they talk about the new coaching staffs at Texas and Kentucky and why UConn has stood out early since recruiting re-opened this spring (1:01).

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