Calipari seeing lots of prospects this week. And top Kentucky basketball recruiting links.
It’s been one of those classic weeks of recruiting travel for John Calipari.
The Kentucky Wildcats head coach is well known for hitting several stops on the recruiting trail in a short amount of time, but his trek over the past couple of days has been one for the books. Calipari started the week on the southern coast of Spain, where he had spent the past few days watching the USA Basketball U17 squad compete in a FIBA World Cup event. (That team includes DJ Wagner, Ron Holland, Ian Jackson and Karter Knox, among others).
From there, he traveled Thursday morning to Atlanta, where he and assistant coach Chin Coleman watched star 2023 center Ugonna Kingsley at an NBA Academy event. And by Thursday night, Calipari was in Kansas City, home of the latest stop on the Nike EYBL circuit, where UK targets like Aaron Bradshaw and Justin Edwards will be playing, while longtime Kentucky target Mookie Cook makes his 2022 grassroots debut.
Stay tuned for the latest as Calipari tries to put together a UK superclass for the 2023 cycle.
Top Kentucky basketball recruiting links
10th man with a ton of upside: Get to know Kentucky’s Adou Thiero
Analysts: DJ Wagner’s recruitment is most intriguing in 2023 class
Mookie Cook discusses his return to basketball and his recruitment
Top UK target Justin Edwards will announce decision at Peach Jam
Justin Edwards had a good showing on the Nike circuit Thursday
Watch: Impressive highlights of Reed Sheppard from Thursday night
Kentucky and Louisville both watched Aaron Bradshaw on Thursday
Analyst: Expect more top players to jump from 2023 to 2022 class
Early mock draft has Cason Wallace, Chris Livingston in first round
247Sports says UK has 9th-best point guard group for 2022-23
Xavier Booker shows shoe company circuit is not the only path
Assessing the recent history of top recruits who reclassify up
Louisville’s Kenny Payne begins recruiting period at Adidas event
Predicting which teams can win the 2023 title, based on talent
Checking in on high-profile coaches entering Year 2 at new schools
More Next Cats links: Ian Jackson making statement on Team USA
This story was originally published July 8, 2022 at 8:14 AM.
