Just when the anxiety about the Class of 2026 was starting to creep in, the recruiting world threw Kentucky a massive bone.
Mark Pope is deep into his second season, and while the on-court product is evolving, the lack of a 2026 commitment has been the elephant in the room. We’ve all been refreshing our feeds hoping for good news on Tyran Stokes or Christian Collins, but the momentum has felt... stuck. Collins seems the most likely to be a Cat, and no one can really tell what is going on with Stokes.
That changed in an instant this week.