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Louisville about to land a major prospect? And top Kentucky basketball recruiting links.

Former No. 1-ranked recruit Emoni Bates averaged 9.7 points over 18 games as a freshman at Memphis during the 2021-22 season.
Former No. 1-ranked recruit Emoni Bates averaged 9.7 points over 18 games as a freshman at Memphis during the 2021-22 season. AP

A look at the latest links from the Next Cats blog, updated regularly with news on all of Kentucky’s basketball recruiting efforts, as well as the top national stories from the trail ...

Another national analyst projects Emoni Bates to Louisville

Arkansas-Kentucky are 1-2 in 247Sports preseason rankings

New video highlights featuring UK commit Reed Sheppard

UK targets DJ Wagner and Ian Jackson earn national honors

Louisville and Duke among top storylines of the offseason

Jerry Easter establishing himself early in the class of 2025

Emoni Bates: How did we get here and what to expect now?

Antonio Reeves ranked No. 40 on final 247Sports transfer list

Sports Illustrated: Best available players in the transfer portal

Possible UK commitment Adou Thiero rated as a 3-star recruit

UK among the schools recruiting 2024 star Trentyn Flowers

Shaedon Sharpe among players that still have NBA decisions

Scouting notes on new Kentucky target Milan Momcilovic

Louisville lands Crystal Ball predictions for transfer Emoni Bates

Kentucky target Andrej Stojakovic has new offer from Virginia

Adou Thiero’s Crystal Ball page: More predictions for Kentucky

Kentucky is No. 3 in ESPN’s rankings for the 2022-23 season

Miami offers Kwame Evans Jr., a longtime Kentucky target

UK target Somto Cyril talks about his recruitment, pro route

Task force to boosters: NIL sanctions could be coming

Could transfer make Creighton the No. 1 team in the country?

More Next Cats links: UK’s chances with top recruits for 2023

This story was originally published May 4, 2022 at 7:00 AM.

Ben Roberts
Lexington Herald-Leader
Ben Roberts is the University of Kentucky men’s basketball beat writer for the Lexington Herald-Leader. He has previously specialized in UK basketball recruiting coverage and created and maintained the Next Cats blog. He is a Franklin County native and first joined the Herald-Leader in 2006. Support my work with a digital subscription
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