For months, the recruitment of 2026 star guard Tay Kinney has been viewed as a two-horse race, a classic border war between Mark Pope's Kentucky Wildcats and Pat Kelsey's Louisville Cardinals. Both coaches made him a massive priority, visiting him at the stroke of midnight on the first day of the contact period.
But with his September 28th announcement date looming, it appears that a late surge from another program has completely upended the race. According to a flurry of rumors on social media, Tay Kinney is now trending heavily toward becoming a Kansas Jayhawk.