There’s not a ton of information here and most of what is here is speculative. So keep that in mind as we go through it.
Big Red Louie, a Louisville site, says that Pat Kelsey is all in on Taylen Kinney, who is out of Newport, Kentucky and possibly the top-rated point guard in the country.
However, that may push the Cards out of the Deron Rippey sweepstakes
even as Duke and Kentucky up their pursuit of the New Jersey native.Naturally, Kentucky is also very interested in Kinney and the Wildcats like
to defend their home state talent against everyone, but perhaps most all against hated Louisville. It won’t go over well in Lexington if Kelsey gets a plum in-state player.
So while we can’t know how this will work out, this would be the most enertaining outcome: Louisville and Kentucky go to the mat over Kinney but neither manage to sign him…and he ends up at John Calipari’s Arkansas. That still leaves the Rippey situation unresolved but if he’s a clear #2 choice at both Kentucky schools, then perhaps Jon Scheyer can continue his recruiting magic.
