Kentucky Basketball swung for the fences over the last two days while looking to secure commitments from top-ranked high school recruit Tyran Stokes and BYU point guard Rob Wright.
Sadly, their visits have ended, and neither player has made a commitment. Stokes’ visit came to an end Tuesday morning, while Wright’s visit ended in the late afternoon.
Going into the visits, Kentucky was thought to be in a good spot with Wright while facing an uphill climb with Stokes.
Well, it sounds like things have gotten
dicey with Wright as well.
On Tuesday, 247 Sports’ Travis Branham gave an update on Wright, admitting that his confidence in Kentucky winning out is dropping.
“There’s been a lot of smoke and talk regarding the Kentucky Wildcats and Rob Wright. He’s currently on campus for a visit and go back about 24, 48 hours ago, the information I was receiving was positive for Kentucky, but throughout the past 24 hours that leading into today, throughout the course of today, my confidence in him landing at Kentucky is actually decreasing right now, and I’m getting to the point where I’m classifying this as a toss up,” said Branham. “I think there’s a very real chance he could end up back at BYU.”
And by now, you’ve likely heard how Kentucky was looking to potentially pair Wright with Washington transfer Zoom Diallo in the backcourt.
Well, KSR’s Matt Jones says that’s not happening, so we can toss that dream out.
As for Stokes, Jones said he thinks Kentucky will continue to wait on his decision. That may sound good, but there’s a chance Stokes won’t make a decision for another week or two, and in that timeframe, more recruits will start coming off the board.
Stokes previously told recruiting reporter Krysten Peek that the plan was to wait to see how rosters fill out for schools he’s considering. Kentucky is obviously far from doing that with just two returning players who played significant minutes last season and zero transfer portal commits. Peek added that she thinks it’s a couple of more weeks before Stokes makes a decision.
So yeah, there’s a real chance Kentucky misses on Wright, waits on Stokes, doesn’t get him, and misses out on other big-name transfers before the final decision is announced. And that’s assuming he’s legitimately considering Kentucky and not just trying to get more money out of Kansas, just like Wright may be doing with BYU.
Mark Pope made his bed. For better or worse, he’s about to dive headfirst into it.
