Kentucky and John Calipari already know they won’t be landing the top basketball recruit in the Class of 2021.
As Larry Vaught points out below, big man Chet Holmgren has already cut his college list and Kentucky didn’t make the cut:
Minnesota 7-footer Chet Holmgren has already cut his college list to seven — and Kentucky is not on it.
Instead, Georgetown, Gonzaga, Memphis, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina and Ohio State are his final seven schools.
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Jonathan Kuminga, who was thought at one time to be a very realistic possibility for Kentucky, was No. 1 in 2021 but is reclassifying to the 2020 class and most expect him to take a lucrative G-League offer over playing in college. The 6-8 Kuminga has Kentucky, Auburn, Duke and Texas Tech as his college options if he does not pick the G-League.
