More Kentucky basketball recruiting links: Shaedon Sharpe is no longer ranked No. 1
Shaedon Sharpe’s stint at the top of the national basketball recruiting rankings didn’t last long.
With the announcement Tuesday that Sharpe would be graduating from high school early and enrolling at Kentucky during the semester break this season, the national recruiting services have already started reclassifying him into the 2021 rankings.
247Sports got things started Tuesday night, moving Sharpe from the No. 1 spot in the 2022 class to the No. 3 spot in the 2021 class, behind only Gonzaga’s Chet Holmgren and Duke’s Paolo Banchero (and in front of players like Jaden Hardy, Jalen Duren and Emoni Bates). Rivals.com and ESPN both still had Sharpe at No. 1 in 2022 as of Wednesday morning, but it sounds like they, too, will be shifting him to the 2021 rankings soon enough.
That means Kentucky won’t be able to catch Duke for the No. 1 ranking in the 2022 cycle, and John Calipari won’t be getting his first No. 1-ranked recruit since Nerlens Noel in 2012. Numbers aside, Sharpe is obviously an important part of Kentucky’s future, and he’ll practice with the team later this season before making his debut in 2022-23.
The early signing period began Wednesday, and Sharpe, Skyy Clark, Chris Livingston and Cason Wallace all officially signed with the Cats by the end of the day.
Top Kentucky basketball recruiting links:
‘A powder keg’: Kentucky’s coaches reflect on the Wildcats’ epic 2022 signing class
IT’S OFFICIAL: Calipari’s first comments on his new recruits after all signed Wednesday
Rivals.com analyst: “Kentucky’s 2022 group has to be hailed as a bounce-back class”
247Sports: Duke’s basketball recruiting class is back in the No. 1 spot for 2022
New UK commitment Cason Wallace chosen as a first-team preseason All-American
Don’t judge TyTy Washington yet: Jeff Goodman’s takeaways from Champions Classic
BYU Coach Mark Pope has landed a commitment from a top 30 national recruit
Mississippi State got a commitment from a top 100 national recruit on Wednesday
One of the top available players in the 2022 class has Louisville in his final four
Tough night for the freshmen: Kentucky’s young recruits struggled in college debut
A look at the top 10 recruiting classes in the 2022 cycle (Kentucky has dropped to 8th)
247Sports: Latest on the top 10 available basketball prospects in the 2022 class
Rivals.com storylines for the signing period: Kentucky will ink an impressive class
What ESPN analysts learned from the Kentucky-Duke game on Tuesday night
SEC news: Alabama landed a commitment from a top 100 recruit on Tuesday
‘The Coach Has No Power Anymore,’ and that’s just fine with Penny Hardaway
More recruiting links: A look at UK’s NBA Draft projections heading into the season
This story was originally published November 10, 2021 at 10:25 AM.
