Jerry Tipton on UK basketball

UK Coach Billy Gillispie was expected to be in Weatherford, Texas, Wednesday night to meet with junior college All-American Roderick Flemings.

Flemings, a 6-foot-7 wing, averaged a double-double — 20.6 points and 11.7 rebounds — for Weatherford College this past season. He also averaged 2.7 steals and 1.5 blocks while making 56.2 percent of his shots.

Weatherford Coach Mark Osina said Flemings was the best player he had coached in 18 seasons at the school.

“He’s a great natural talent,” said Osina, who noted Flemings as a long and athletic player.

Flemings was named the conference’s Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year this paset season. He became Osina’s first junior college All-American.

Flemings, a native of DeSoto, Texas, visited Hawaii last weekend. Osina said that Flemings planned to make a recruiting visit to Kentucky.

When asked what schools had expressed interest in Flemings, Osina said, “I can’t think of a school which hasn’t called. He likes Kentucky. I keep hearing that from the kids. Who wouldn’t?”