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Kentucky added a top-200 prospect to its 2025 recruiting class when Cleveland (Ohio) Heights tailback Marquise Davis committed to the Wildcats on May 1. Now the program could end the month by landing another. Paducah (Ky.) Tilghman safety Martels Carter will make his college decision on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. ET. It appears to be an Auburn and Kentucky battle for the top-200 safety. The Wildcats have all of the late buzz and enter the decision as the leader. Martels Carter will be the first defensive recruit for Kentucky in the 2025 cycle and will be a big one. Carter would give the program the...
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Mark Pope is still searching for the 12th addition to his debut roster with the Wildcats. On Friday afternoon, North Florida transfer Chaz Lanier committed to Tennessee, per multiple reports, over a group of finalists that included Kentucky and BYU. Lanier, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard, visited all three of his top options earlier this week. He was at BYU over the weekend, Kentucky on Monday, and Tennessee on Wednesday. Lanier, who has one season of eligibility remaining, did an excellent job of keeping his recruitment tight to the vest. All three schools were at one point viewed as the leader. B...
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The flight trackers were back out in full force Friday morning, wondering where Kentucky‘s Mark Pope and Alvin Brooks III were going, and more importantly, who they were seeing. Brooks shared on his Instagram story he and Pope were on their way “to see some future Cats,” boarding a private jet — the private jet that has been tracked since the start of the coaching search in early April. Where to this time? It didn’t take long for sleuths to share the plane was headed toward Colorado Springs. What’s out in Colorado that has piqued the coaching staff’s interest? That would be the 2024 USA Basket...
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Mark Pope said when he arrived in Lexington he’d continue to bring “one and done, Burger Boys” to Kentucky, stressing the need to sign McDonald’s All-American-level talent at the winningest school in college basketball history. Elite programs deserve elite talent. He also said keeping the state’s best prospects home was a top priority, proving that after the fact by signing both Travis Perry and Trent Noah — the Nos. 1 and 5 all-time scorers in KHSAA history. “These young men that grow up in Kentucky, they bring a spirit to the team that cannot be fabricated or replaced,” Pope said at the time...
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Kentucky is heavily recruiting AJ Dybantsa, the top-ranked high school prospect in the country. And he’s moving right into Mark Pope’s old backyard. On Friday morning, it was announced that Dybantsa is transferring high schools, moving from Prolific Prep in California to second-year national program Utah Prep. Of course, Utah is where Pope (and new Kentucky assistant Cody Fueger) spent the last five seasons as the head coach of the BYU Cougars. Dybantsa is widely considered to be one of, if not the best, high school recruits in the nation. The 6-foot-9 wing is ranked No. 1 overall in the class...
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New Kentucky head coach Mark Pope still has two scholarships to work with. The belief is that one of them will go to either North Florida transfer Chaz Lanier or BYU’s Jaxson Robinson — the latter still going through the NBA Draft process. There is a small possibility that Kentucky lands both, but we’re working under the assumption that it’ll be one or the other. That leaves one final scholarship for Pope to fill. The head coach said not too long ago that he could go in several directions with that spot: redshirting an older transfer, a project piece, a high-risk player, or someone younger. Th...
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Kentucky Sports Radio was well represented at Nike EYBL Session III in Indianapolis this past weekend. Jack Pilgrim and Zack Geoghegan were on hand working their sources, interviewing prospects, and gathering valuable recruiting intel. Meanwhile, I had boots on the ground with my pen and paper doing what I do best which is evaluating the on-court talent. While staying busy covering a total of five live period events in the greater Indianapolis area, the majority of my 30+ hours in the gym were spent at the Pacers Athletic Center watching 17u EYBL action. While my purview was focused within a 4...
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2025 four-star guard Jerry Easter has had a strong start to the Nike EYBL season, averaging 19.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 29.8 minutes per contest through three sessions — the latest in front of coaches during the first live period of the spring. Standing 6-4, 200 pounds, the Toledo, OH native is strong and physical with a college-ready frame, putting those tools on full display in Indianapolis. Among the coaches in attendance seeing what Easter has to offer playing for Team Final, the former EYBL program of Justin Edwards?Kentucky‘s Mark Pope with associate head coach Alvin Bro...
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2026 five-star guard Brandon McCoy had been lurking as the top prospect in the rising junior class before finally earning the No. 1 spot back in March. Standing 6-5, the Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco standout is a two-way threat with scoring and playmaking gifts, currently averaging 15.1 points on 45.8% shooting to go with 5.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.4 steals in 27.0 minutes per contest playing up a grade on the EYBL circuit for Arizona Unity 17U. This time around, he got to show off what he’s capable of in front of high-major coaches in the first live period of the spring, thousands floo...
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Caleb Wilson was among the top recruiting targets under the old staff of Kentucky men’s basketball. However, so far, new leadership has turned its attention elsewhere through the first month-plus on the job. Wilson, ranked No. 4 overall in the 2025 class by the On3 Industry Ranking, is interested to see if that will change in the near future. “I would like to hear from them,” Wilson told KSR over the weekend about Kentucky. “It’s an SEC school, very good conference, so I feel like it’s somewhere I could play and have games close to home.” New head coach Mark Pope and his assistants had plenty ...
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