When John Calipari left Memphis to become the head coach at Kentucky, he arrived in style, bringing in the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class.

That class included John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Bledsoe and others, and the Wildcats had a great season, going 35-3 and losing in the Elite Eight to West Virginia.

However, in an interview with 247Sports’ Evan Daniels this week, Wall said he probably would have gone to Miami if Xavier Henry had committed to Kentucky:

“I was playing with Xavier [Henry] and Xavier was a talented player but he was just shooting the ball so much, so mad he wasn’t getting the ball, I called Cal up and was like, ‘Cal when you switch to Kentucky, if he’s coming, I promise I won’t go,’” Wall explained. “I told him that straight up. I told him I can’t go because I was like me, DeMarcus, E-Bled and all of these guys are about to sacrifice and he has to sacrifice, we’re not going to get a lot of shots. We all are used to averaging over 25 or more on our team and we’re not about to be like that and I don’t think he could buy into that.”

Henry ended up going to Kansas, and the Jayhawks lost to Northern Iowa in the second round of the 2010 NCAA Tournament, so Wall ended up advancing further.

Wall was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft, so going to Kentucky ended up being the right decision for him.