Scott Spinelli, then an assistant coach at Texas A&M, had a long day of watching AAU basketball in 2008 in Akron, Ohio. But a coaching friend talked him into watching one more game. “We had just talked about recruiting needs at Texas A&M, and there he was, Khris Middleton,” Spinelli told USA TODAY Sports. “He was long, lanky, and had great skills with a tremendous shooting stroke, and you could see right there in warmups, he stood out to me.