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Kentucky's pursuit of Tyran Stokes cost them big in this recruiting class

Kentucky Wildcats On SI·Wyatt Huff·about 1 month ago
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Kentucky basketball had a very rough day on Tuesday when the #1 player in the 2026 class, Tyran Stokes committed to Kansas. But, it cost them more than just losing out on the top guy. The Kentucky staff essentially put all of their chips into trying to land Stokes and now, it has backfired big time. Let's dive into how that became the case to begin with. Mark Pope and his staff casted a very wide net recruiting many guys in the 2026 class. Last night after Stokes's commitment to the Jayhawks, a depressing, but a real stat started floating around on social media that made Kentucky fans feel all sorts of bad emotions. That is the fact that Kentucky held visits with eight of the top 10 recruits in the 2026 class, as well as 16 of the top 30 and ended up landing none. How did we get to this point? Kentucky put all of their eggs in the Tyran Stokes basket and now, find themselves in a desperate spot this off-season, as portal options are dwindling, leading to i nternational targets emerging .…

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