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Topic: Top basketball recruits will be coming to town for their UK visits soon
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catmandoo
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posted 08-30-2018 11:14 AM
The fall recruiting period for college basketball starts in a couple of weeks, and that will see John Calipari and his coaching peers traveling across the country to meet with prospects and their families.
In many cases, the players will be returning the favor to the schools recruiting them.
With the summer finished and the high school season still a few weeks away, September usually signals the start of official visits for prospects in the rising senior class.
Most of UK’s top targets in the 2019 class have indeed scheduled their official visits — or, at least, publicly stated which schools they plan to see in person — and the Wildcats’ coaching staff will clearly be keeping busy over the next several weeks.
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catmandoo
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posted 08-30-2018 11:24 AM
Bryan Antoine
The 6-foot-5 shooting guard from New Jersey cut his list to five schools — UK, Duke, Florida, Kansas and Villanova — a few months ago, and he’s had official visits scheduled for most of those campuses for several weeks now.
Antoine will be in Lexington on the weekend of Sept. 22 — the football Wildcats play nationally ranked Mississippi State that Saturday — though UK is not thought to be at the top of his recruiting list. Duke, which he’s set to visit Sept. 29, has long been seen as the leader.
Keion Brooks
The 6-7 small forward from Fort Wayne, Ind., will get things started this weekend with an official visit to UCLA.
The only other confirmed date on Brooks’ schedule is a trip to home-state Indiana on Sept. 29 (the night of its Hoosier Hysteria event), but he has said that UK, Michigan State and North Carolina are likely to get his other three official visits.
Brooks’ father also confirmed to the Herald-Leader last month that Kentucky will get one of those visits. Big Blue Madness on Oct. 12 has been mentioned as a possible date, though nothing has been finalized.
Vernon Carey
One five-star recruit who will definitely be in Rupp Arena for Big Blue Madness on Oct. 12 is Carey, a 6-10 power forward from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and the No. 1 overall prospect in the Rivals.com rankings.
Carey took his first official visit to Michigan State back in February, and he’s also scheduled to be at Duke’s midnight madness event for an official visit on Oct. 19. (The Blue Devils always have a big crowd for that one).
His other two finalists are Miami and North Carolina, and Carey told the Herald-Leader recently that those two programs are likely to get official visits in November, leaving open the possibility that he signs with a school early.
Matthew Hurt
The 6-9 forward from Rochester, Minn., is being recruited by every blue-blood program in the country, and he’s likely to be a busy traveler this fall.
Hurt is still considering the likes of UK, Duke, Kansas, North Carolina, Indiana, Memphis, UCLA and Minnesota — where his older brother emerged as a starter last season — and he has made it clear that he expects to take all five of his official visits, plus some unofficial visits, before making a college decision. No specific visit dates have been announced, however.
He’s also targeting the early signing period (Nov. 14-21) to make a commitment official, so Hurt will be taking trips to several campuses over the next few weeks if he sticks to that plan.
Kansas has been viewed as the favorite in his recruitment, though there’s still time for others to make a move.
Scottie Lewis
The 6-5 wing from New Jersey narrowed his list to UK, Duke, Florida, St. John’s, Stanford and Villanova earlier this summer, and he’s in the process of finalizing his visit plans.
So far, Lewis has official visits scheduled for Florida (Sept. 8), Kentucky (Sept. 15) and St. John’s (Oct. 5). He is friends and teammates with Antoine, who will be in Lexington a week after Lewis on the weekend of Sept. 22.
Florida, St. John’s and Villanova have been getting the most buzz in Lewis’ recruitment this summer. He told the Herald-Leader recently that he’s most likely to wait until the spring to sign with a school.
James Wiseman
The No. 1 overall recruit in the 247Sports and ESPN rankings is starting to make his official visit plans.
247Sports analyst Evan Daniels confirmed with Wiseman’s mother, Donzaleigh Artis, on Tuesday that the top prospect will be at Kentucky on Sept. 7, Kansas on Sept. 28 and Vanderbilt on Oct. 5. All three of those trips will be official visits, and a date for a fourth official visit to Florida State is expected soon. His list also includes Arizona, Memphis, North Carolina and Texas.
Wiseman’s recruitment is widely expected to come down to UK and Memphis, where the Nashville native attends high school.
Wiseman — a 7-foot power forward — attended UK’s Big Blue Madness event last year. His mother also told Daniels on Tuesday that the plan is to wait until after the high school season to make a college decision.
Cole Anthony
The No. 2 recruit in the 247Sports rankings, Anthony is the best backcourt player in the country, but he has said almost nothing about the particulars of his recruitment.
The 6-3 guard from New York City did, however, release a list of schools for the first time Monday night, and Kentucky is among those in contention. Anthony, who started practice with his new Oak Hill Academy (Va.) squad this week, has said numerous times that he won’t sign with a school until the spring.
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