Louisville basketball fans recently learned that they made 5-star point guard and Kentucky native Taylen Kinney updated his recruiting list after he cut his list down to six schools. The Cardinals also learned that the heavily recruited 5-star will announce his commitment on September 28.
Louisville has been all-in for Kinney for quite some time now, and it has been known that he and Tyran Stokes are at the top of Pat Kelsey's drawing board for the 2026 cycle. So, now that the list is down to six schools, and Louisville is in a heavy recruiting battle with five other programs, here are the three biggest threats for Louisville to land the commitment from the elite 5-star point guard.