Next Cats Blog

Breaking down the final 2022 rankings. And the latest UK basketball recruiting links.

Adou Thiero, a class of 2022 basketball recruit, committed to the Kentucky Wildcats on May 8.
Adou Thiero, a class of 2022 basketball recruit, committed to the Kentucky Wildcats on May 8. UK Athletics

Taking a look at the latest Kentucky Wildcats basketball recruiting links from the Next Cats blog, updated regularly with the biggest stories on UK as well as top national recruits . . .

Shaedon Sharpe would have been No. 2 if he’d stayed in 2022

Kentucky’s Adou Therio one of the newcomers in final rankings

Arkansas signee Nick Smith is No. 1 in final 247Sports rankings

Cason Wallace rises, Chris Livingston drops in final 2022 rankings

Does Kentucky need to add another transfer for next season?

Duke leads the way in final team rankings for the class of 2022

247 analyst takes a look at the rise of the Arkansas Razorbacks

Emoni Bates waiting on transfer decision until sometime in June?

TyTy Washington among the players who can boost draft stock

Additional note on 2023 center Ugonna Kingsley and UK interest

Longtime UK target Kwame Evans Jr. plans to visit Arizona soon

More praise for 2023 center Ugonna Kingsley, emerging UK target

2023’s Ron Holland talks recruiting in new Sports Illustrated blog

On3.com releases its transfer portal rankings, with 150 players

Isiaih Mosley is the No. 1 player in On3’s transfer portal rankings

Kentucky ‘could hit big’ with the late addition of Adou Thiero

Mike Brey says college coaches should stop complaining about NIL

More Next Cats links: Top recruiting news from earlier this week

This story was originally published May 11, 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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