Tuesday Headlines: Will Riley Visit

Posted by Admin June 4, 2024 Basketball

Today marks the first of many visits high school recruits will make to the University of Kentucky with head coach Mark Pope leading the program.

Will Riley is in visiting the school today and, according to 247S ports, currently sits as the 22nd-best player while ranked as the third-best small forward in the class of 2025.

In addition to Kentucky, the 6-foot-8 wing is being heavily recruited by Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas & Illinois. In fact, Riley was at Illinois yesterday and will visit Alabama on Thursday.

For the last 14 seasons, John Calipari largely owned the recruiting front, bringing top-tier talent to Lexington year after year. Now it’s Pope’s turn to put his own spin on things and recruit players that have talent but also fit a specific system on offense/team culture.

Pope clearly sees a lot in Riley and wants the rising star to wear the Kentucky blue uniform. While there’s hefty competition also in the running for Riley, Kentucky has as good of a sales pitch as any other program in the country and Pope and his staff will begin that pitch today.