By ADAM ZAGORIA
Kentucky has offered 2019 Roselle (N.J.) Catholic and Mac Irvin Fire wing Kahlil Whitney, a source told ZAGSBLOG.
Kentucky coach John Calipari watched the 6-foot-6 Whitney this week in Milwaukee (and again in New Jersey), as I reported on FloHoops.com. Whitney has seen his recruitment skyrocket this summer with Kentucky and Duke jumping into the mix along with schools like Louisville, Illinois, Miami, Syracuse and Georgetown.
He’s planning to cut his list soon.
“It feels great,” Whitney told ZAGSBLOG contributor Orlando Cameron on Sunday of Calipari watching him at Montclair State. “We have talked a lot the last four days. I am cutting my list down to six sometime next week.”
John Calipari and Tony Barbee watching their new favorite target @KahlilWhitney
(Photos via Orlando Cameron) pic.twitter.com/PdGeDYAIni— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) July 22, 2018
Top 14 recruit Kahlil Whitney (@KahlilWhitney) put his BOUNCE on display for @UKCoachCalipari yesterday at #TheWeekend pic.twitter.com/xZ8H2GNbQj
— NJ Basketball (@NJHoopRecruit) July 23, 2018
The son of former Seton Hall standout Kelly Whitney, Whitney is expected to visit Kentucky — and possibly other schools — in August.
“I’ll be scheduling my visits right after July,” he told me last week at the Peach State Invitational.
Kentucky has long had success recruiting in New Jersey, including former Roselle Catholic guard Isaiah Briscoe of the Orlando Magic and current big man Nick Richards of The Patrick School.
Kentucky is also among the schools recruiting New Jersey Class of 2019 stars Bryan Antoine, a shooting guard, and Scottie Lewis, a small forward, both of whom play for Team Rio and the Ranney School. Antoine is also being heavily pursued by Duke, Florida and Villanova, while Lewis is mulling Florida, St. John’s and others along with Kentucky.
Also at the wing spot, Kentucky is involved for Matthew Hurt and Keion Brooks, with D.J. Jeffries having already committed.
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