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Mark Pope and Pat Kelsey reignite recruiting battle in the dead of the night for 5-star PG

The Kentucky-Louisville rivalry is heating up. Mark Pope and Pat Kelsey both visited a 5-star PG just after midnight, kicking off a crucial recruiting battle.

Louisville basketball coach Pat Kelsey, right, talks with Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg and Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope at the 2024 Leadership Louisville Luncheon at the Kentucky International Convention Center in downtown Louisville on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. | Jeff Faughender/Courier Journal & USA Today Network / USA TODAY NETWORK

The cold war is over. The Kentucky and Louisville basketball rivalry, dormant during a transitional offseason, exploded back to life in the most dramatic way possible: a head-to-head showdown in a recruit's driveway in the dead of night.