More Kentucky basketball recruiting links: New rankings, Emoni Bates commits and more
The full Rivals.com rankings update for the basketball class of 2022 was posted Wednesday afternoon, with major Kentucky target Shaedon Sharpe ascending to the No. 1 overall spot.
Sharpe — a 6-foot-5 shooting guard from Ontario — took an official visit to UK in June and is widely expected to commit to the Wildcats sometime in the next few weeks. He had been the No. 11 overall player in the most recent Rivals rankings, which underwent a major shakeup following the reclassification of Jalen Duren and Emoni Bates, who were previously ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the class.
Fellow UK target Dereck Lively II is No. 3 in the new rankings, behind UCLA commitment Amari Bailey at No. 2 and just in front of fast-rising power forward Yohan Traore and Duke commitment Kyle Filipowski, who round out the new top five.
Skyy Clark, who is UK’s only commitment so far for the class of 2022, dropped six spots to No. 21 in the new rankings after missing the end of his junior season and then being sidelined with a torn ACL this summer. Other players with UK scholarship offers in the new rankings are small forward Chris Livingston (No. 8), combo guard Cason Wallace (No. 10), small forward Brandon Miller (No. 12), combo guard Nick Smith Jr. (No. 16), point guard Jaden Bradley (No. 25) and center Adem Bona (No. 33).
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Jaden Bradley cuts his list to five schools; UK still in, North Carolina out
Nick Smith Jr. adamant that Kentucky offer wasn’t game-changer for him
247Sports: What to expect from Emoni Bates running point at Memphis
Memphis officially announces Rasheed Wallace as new assistant coach
Five-star recruit Emoni Bates has committed to Memphis for this season
National analyst: Addition of Bates puts the pressure on Penny Hardaway
Memphis rises to top 10 in updated CBS rankings for the 2021-22 season
Oklahoma State hosts UK target Omaha Biliew for an unofficial visit
Watch: Video highlights of Mookie Cook, an early Kentucky target for ‘23
Mack, UofL president to meet with former players to address concerns
Star center Adem Bona won’t take official visit to Kentucky this weekend
Shaedon Sharpe and Dereck Lively are 1-2 in new Hoopseen.com rankings
Kentucky target Chris Livingston has visit to Memphis for next weekend
UK target Nick Smith Jr. keeping an open mind to the professional route
No mention of UK in the latest update on 2022 playmaker Anthony Black
ESPN: 2022 draft Top 100 -- Washington (17) and Collins (18) the only Cats
Grading the offseason coaching hires at Texas, North Carolina and others
Q&A with Derik Queen, ranked by ESPN as the No. 1 recruit in the ‘24 class
Rivals.com: Some interesting players to keep an eye on in the class of 2024
More recruiting links: An early Kentucky target signs with Overtime Elite
This story was originally published August 25, 2021 at 1:07 PM.
