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Has anyone come in contact with Brandon Bender lately? The former UofL player was caught in DaMarcus Smith's recruitment, which led to an NCAA inquiry at UCF. Bender was mentioned over 10 times in that report.

Apparently, he has been involved in AAU coaching and was the reason why Ray Kasongo and Tony Wolter transferred from Canada to East Ridge High in far Eastern Kentucky. According to some sources(PointGuardU.com and others), Bender claims to be Kasongo's mentor. Obviously he is taking advantage of these kids so he can try and break into college coaching(like that will EVER happen). On Bender's facebook he repeatedly trash talks UofL and Pitino. I have heard rumors that he tries to get in the ear of every local HS recruit(football and basketball). He also frequents this board and tries to defend himself and East Ridge High while also spreading rumors about local AAU coaches that he has grudges with(Josh Maxey).

Does anyone know if Bender still lives in Louisville? Is he around local high schools? If so, does anyone ever call him out for being such a "hangers on"? I heard Ellis Myles kicked him out of a Louisville Magic game last year.