2024 five-star Ace Bailey includes Kentucky in list cut

2024 forward Airius 'Ace' Bailey of Powder Springs (GA) McEachern (photo cred- Jamie Shaw)Kentucky remains in the running for one of the top recruits in the junior class. 2024 five-star forward Ace Bailey, ranked No. 7 overall and No. 2 among power forwards in the On3 Consensus, included the Wildcats in his first list cut.

Kentucky joins Georgia, Rutgers, Auburn, Texas, Memphis, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kansas, West Virginia, Arkansas and Oregon on his updated list.

He previously held offers from nearly 30 schools, with the 6-foot-9, 210-pound prospect out of Chattanooga, TN telling On3 that the Wildcats, Longhorns, Scarlet Knights, Bulldogs and Tigers are the programs recruiting him the…