One of the negatives that us die-hards point out about our fanbase is the absence of a true college atmosphere. The involvement of students, staff and faculty and alumni are not what they are at most college environments. We have had coaches who randomly went and reached out to these groups, but I have a feeling we now have a coach who sees it as his mission to engage these groups daily.

THAT is an energy we have needed at UofL all along. I'm here for it!

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1 G Javon Small
6’3 195
Oklahoma State
15.1ppg
4.7 reb
41. Ast
37.4% 3pt
22 Schools interested
1 Year Left

1/2 G Dante Maddox Jr.
6’2 195
Toledo
15.6 ppg
4.3 reb
2.8 ast
40.2% 3pt
Top 5
Louisville, Illinois, Xavier, Creighton, and Michigan
1 Year Left

1/2 G Freddie Dillone
6’5 180
Tennessee
1.7 ppg
0.6 reb
0.8 ast
28.6% 3pt
Favorite Louisville
3 Years Left

2/1 G Selton Miguel
6’4 210
South Florida
14.7 ppg
3.2 reb
2.2 ast
39% 3pt
22 schools interested, Oklahoma zoom
1 Year Left

3 Johnell Davis
6’4 203
Florida Atlantic
18.2 ppg
6.3 reb
2.9 ast
41.4% 3pt
Michigan, Louisville, and NBA Draft
1 Year Left

1/2 G Nick Boyd
6’3 175
Florida Atlantic
9.3 ppg
2.7 rpg
1.8 apg
34.1% 3pt
12 Schools interested
Visit Louisville
2 Years left

2/1 G Jason Edwards
6’0 170
North Texas
19.1 ppg
2.1 reb
1.4 ast
35% 3pt
21 Schools Interested
2 Years Left

4/3 F Cade Tyson
6’7 205
Belmont
16.2 ppg
5.9 reb
1.6 ast
46.5% 3pt
Eveyone big is interested
Visit Tennessee, UNC
2 Years left

2/1 G Bryce Pope
6’3 185
UC San Diego
18.3 ppg
3.9 reb
1.9 ast
33.2% 3pt
Ton of schools interested
Visits to Stanford, Maryland, and USC
1 Year Left

4/3 F Tucker Anderson
6’9 190
Central Arkansas
14.5 ppg
3.7 reb
1.5 ast
38% 3pt
Ton of schools interested
3 Years Left

2 G Shakeel Moore
6’1 190
Mississippi State
7.9 ppg
2.2 reb
1.8 ast
36.3% 3pt
15 Schools Interested
1 Year Left

2/3 G Roddy Gayle Jr
6’4 210
Ohio State
13.5 ppg
4.6 reb
3.1 ast
28.4% 3pt
13 Schools interested
Visits Michigan, Georgia
2 Years Left

2/3 G Marcus Hill
6’4 185
Bowling Green
20.5 ppg
5.0 reb
2.6 ast
28.9% 3pt
Linked to Illinois
1 Year Left

5 C Pharrel Payne
6’9 255
Minnesota
10.0 ppg
6.1 reb
1.2 ast
53% FG
7 Schools interested
Visit to Indiana
2 Years left

3 Terrance Williams II
6’7 225
Michigan
12.4 ppg
4.5 reb
1.5 ast
39.7% 3pt
12 schools interested
1 Year Left

3 Chris Youngblood
6'4 218
South Florida
15.3 ppg
2.5 reb
2.1 ast
41.5% 3pt
Visit Louisville, Alabama
1 Year

4 Xavier Amos
6'8 215
Northern Illinois
13.8 ppg
5.8 reb
1.2 ast
38.5% 3pt
9 schools interested
2 Years

4 Trey Townsend
6'6 228
Oakland
17.3 ppg
8.1 reb
3.1 ast
37.5% 3pt low attempts
A lot of interest from schools
Visit Michigan
1 Year Left

1 Justin Hill
6'0 185
Georgia
9.5 ppg
1.7 reb
3.2 ast
33% 3pt
7 Schools interested
1 Year Left

5 Oumar Ballo
7’0 260
Arizona
12.9 ppg
10.1 reb
0.8 ast
65.8% FG
Visits Indiana, Louisville, Kansas State, North Carolina, and Florida
1 Year Left

1 Jordan Pope
6’2 165
Oregon State
17.6 ppg
2.6 reb
3.4 ast
37.1% 3pt
14 teams interested
2 Years Left

2 Koren Johnson
6’2 175
Washington
11.1 ppg
2.2 reb
2.7 ast
37.3 3pt %
6 schools involved
Visit Louisville

Payne is available.

Yes, a repeated message.

That's what we do here. We repeat.

Drew - If everything he said is true, why would he then uproot his kids and take them to deliverance country? He will get eaten alive and family scarred for life.

Oats - If power conferences are going to be a thing then the low hanging fruit will be discarded, that will include the scholars to the east. Why leave a sure thing?

Donovan - lol. He's smarter than your average cow-pie. No way.

Wright - Retired and happy. Inbreds and call-in shows do not equal happy.

Hurley - Again, lol. UCONN more successful than the Kraps the last 40 years.

Other SEC schools will match UK if they try to poach their coach, Auburn. See mega conference jettison above.

Daunting task for Brainfard. Good luck hicks, your gonna need it.

This was posted on the our Rivals BB site. It’s about 14 minutes. He just keeps impressing me.

James Scott (Charleston)
Reyne Smith (Charleston)

Dante Maddox Jr. (Toledo)
Chris Youngblood (USF)
Nick Boyd (FAU)

All visiting this weekend.

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Seemed to hint that he's bringing a lot of his staff.

From C of C website, looks like guys with recruiting background and connections, including an Austrailian?

Assuming he brought the Reyne Smith kid there that's really good and now in the portal

Anxious to hear who they are and what players we are involved with.

My guess is PK will not drag his feet in filling the staff

I’ve posted several tidbits in this other thread that I’ll link below, but wanted to summarize here for those who may have missed it.

(https://louisville.forums.rivals.com/threads/who’s-next-for-pk.65243/#post-933217)

PK was in Toledo visiting with Maddox. A staffer was in Chicago visiting with the family. These guys are working their asses off.

Any chance we pursue either or both of the big fella’s

and now CJ Ewald has a decision date set as well

Milk Chamberlain in the portal. I’d love to see him at UofL!

Maddox JR or someone else? Anyone know who could be the recruit in SFL? Guessing the big man from FAU or another portal player who is back home and not on his campus? Itching for any content over here before dead period starts

I’m alive. Been a very busy weekend for me on a personal level. Will get everything updated tonight.

Think there could be one or two current Kentucky commits that Louisville kicks the tires on.

On Dante Maddox Jr. — Source tells me it’s likely going to come down to Louisville and Illinois.

Louisville is working on Freddie Dilione from Tennessee. And let me say this, I’ve talked to three people that cover basketball on the grassroots level, and all three said this kid is extremely talented and a very good player.

• Graduated early from Word of God Christian Academy in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he was coached by Byron Williams, and opted to enroll at Tennessee in January of 2023.
• Was rated as high as No. 24 overall in the Class of 2023 by 247Sports and also was the top-rated prospect in the state of North Carolina per the 247Sports composite.
• Was named to the 2023 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Boys High School Player of the Year watch list.
• Was one of 50 nationwide standouts named to the watch list for the 2022-23 USA TODAY Boys Basketball Player of the Year award.
• On Nov. 8, 2022, Dilione broke the Overtime Elite league single-game scoring record with a 36-point performance against the OSL Falcons.
• As a junior during his breakout 2021-22 season at Word of God Christian Academy, he averaged 25.4 points, 7.2 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game.

Dilione can fill it up.

UofL 2024 Full Schedule:

(home games in bold)

• Saturday, Aug. 31 - Austin Peay (nonconference)
• Saturday, Sept. 7 - Jacksonville State (nonconference)
• Saturday, Sept. 14 - OPEN
• Saturday, Sept. 21 - Georgia Tech
• Saturday, Sept. 28 - at Notre Dame (nonconference)
• Saturday, Oct. 5 - SMU
• Saturday, Oct. 12 - at Virginia
• Saturday, Oct. 19 - Miami
• Friday, Oct. 25 - at Boston College
• Saturday, Nov. 2 - at Clemson
• Saturday, Nov. 9 - OPEN
• Saturday, Nov. 16 - at Stanford
• Saturday, Nov. 23 - Pittsburgh
• Saturday, Nov. 30 - at Kentucky (nonconference)
• Saturday, Dec. 7 - ACC Football Championship Game (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Below are the spring football visitors with position, ranking, offers, class year and my opinion (underlined/italicized) on those we can get. I'm following them on X and will update with committment news.
UPDATES iN BOLD AS OF 4/17/2024 BEFORE I GOT TIRED.

Cole Albers TE-DE Minster, OH class of 2026 - Probably between U of L, MI State and MAC schools.
Dom Allam DE/TE/LB Detroit Catholic class of 2025 Doubtful
Eric Anderson OT Catholic Central, MI class of 2027 Lining up his 2nd visit to UK so doubtful.
Quilshaun Baines DB/WR Atherton H.S. class of 2026 He's visited several times and is coming to summer camp. If U of L offeres, IMO he'll commit.
Brady Ballert ILB South Dearborn, IN ATH class of 2026 - U of L was not on his potential college list but that changed this week.
Alex Barkley WR Hardin County class of 2026. Offered. He'll be a Card since his twitter banner is "The Ville" and his photo is him in our locker room.
Elijah Berman DL/LG Dayton, OH class of 2026 - Mom went to Miami (OH) so it appears he's heading there.
Keenan Britt 4⭐ EDGE/MLB Oxford, AL class of 2026. Offered. IMO he'll commit to Auburn where his brother played.
Jaydin Broadnax 4⭐ DB Boca Raton, FL class of 2026. Offered. He and his mother tweet they had an "amazing" visit. Visits to most other schools were "great". We're definitely in the mix.. BACK FOR SPRING GAME.
Ace Brown 3⭐ OLB/EDGE Youngstown, OH class of 2026- Likely Penn State
Devin Carter 5⭐#1 WR in GA Evans, GA class of 2026 Offered. BACK FOR SPRING GAME.
Trevon “Tre” Cherelus DB Naples, FL class of 2027 - Too early to tell.
Brock Coffman 3 3⭐ ATH Lexington, KY class of 2025 - Probably UK
Charleston Coldon 3⭐ATH Belleville, IL class of 2025 Offered. Appears headed to Tennessee.
Antoine Deslauriers class of 2025 #1 ranked LB from GA Offered. Doubtful.
Preston Fryzel WR Toledo, OH class of 2026 Offered. Made his final 4.
Caden Harris 4⭐ CB Brownsville, TN class of 2026. Offered. Holds a ton of offers and likely going SEC.
Cameron Herron 3⭐ G/T/C Indianapolis class of 2025. Offered. Holds a ton of D1 offers.
Jordan Holman DB Trinity H.S. class of 2026 - Returning for spring game so will likely play for the Cards.
Jaedin Hill ATH Tupelo, MS class of 2026. Offered. Doesn't tweet much but IMO he'll go to Ole Miss.
Lebron Hill 3⭐ WR Morton, IN class of 2025. Offered. He's visited several times, holds a ton of D1 offers but seems to really like U of L. He's visitng again 5/31 to 6/2 so U of L looks strong.
Marian Jaudon WR Radcliff, KY class of 2025. Offered. He's visited several times, is visiting again this summer and appears to be leaning towards U of L.
Carl Jenkins Jr. 4⭐WR St. Augustine, FL class of 2025. We're still in the mix.
Zane Johnson #1 QB in KY Trinity H.S. class of 2027. He's visited several times, is coming to summer camp and based on his frequent tweets about U of L football, I don't see him going anywhere but U of L.
Ninaud “Nino” Joseph RB Lely Resort, FL class of 2027 Offered. Too early to call but we're in the mix.
Durelle Loggins Jr. QB Radcliff, KY class of 2026. Offered. Teamate of Jaudon and Barkley so we're in the mix.
Darnell Kelly QB Lawrenceville, GA class of 2026 #1 QB in Georgia. Already has lots of offers so doubtful
Nathan Mansor CB/WR South Lyon, MI class of 2025 Doubtful.
Jeremiah Parker ATH Atherton H.S. class of 2025 He's visited several times, holds several D1 offers from non-P5 schools and is coming to summer camp. If U of L offers, I believe he'll be a Card.
Brady Quinn #1 QB in FL from Naples, FL class of 2028. Offered. Holds a ton of D1 offers so not holding my breath.
Bo Polston 4⭐QB Decatur, IL class of 2026 Tweets a lot about WA so doubtful
Martin Rhyne 3⭐ LB Davie, FL class of 2025 Seems to be choosing between U of L and Syracuse
Micah Rice 4⭐ safety from Cincy class of 2025. Offered. He plans to visit again this summer and just tweeted "The Next Louisville Great Micah Rice". IMO we'll land him.
Cam Thomas OLB/Edge West Chester, OH class of 2026. Offered. Has offers from everywhere so doubtful.
Gerian Traynor RB/DB from Louisville DuPont Manual class of 2026 - If U of L offers, he'll be a Card.
Oliver Whisonant 4.5⭐ PUNTER North Paulding H.S., GA class of 2025. Offered. Holds a lot of offers but is visiting again in June.
Cedric “Ced” Williams Jr. RB/FS Detroit Catholic class of 2026 Didn't show a lot of love for the Cards so doubtful.
Matthew Williams WR/S Detroit Catholic class of 2025 Doubtful.

Visitors 4/4/2024 to 4/6/2024:

Jarritt Bolz ILB Fort Myers, FL class of 2026 U of L in good shape.
Demauriah Brown DB/S Danville, KY class of 2025
Seth Elchert WR Findley, OH class of 2026 Looks good for U of L. He's coming to summer camp.
Jontae Gilbert 4⭐ATL Atlanta class of 2025 Offered. 2nd visit
Dylan Gill 4⭐LB/SS Homestead, FL class of 2026 Looks good for U of L.
Alex Glin 4⭐LS CAL Louisville class of 2026 Looks good for U of L.
Ben Harney WR Zionsville, OH class of 2026
Tedarius Hughes 3⭐S Miami, FL class of 2026 We're in the mix.
Jaylen Mercer TE Cincy class of 2027 Offered. Has visited several times. We're in the mix.
Amari Sabb WR/DB Glassboro, NJ class of 2026 Penn State in the lead for him
Cortez Stone 3⭐ RB at Louisville Central class of 2025 - Has visited several times. We're good.
Jake Thibodeaux 4.5 ⭐️K from New Iberia, LA class of 2025 I'd take a 4.5 ⭐️K from the Bayou as long as he's not related to the Tuttles. Keep those serial killers out of the Ville. lol.
Sharard Vaughn III WR/DB Toledo, OH class of 2026 - Teammate of Preston Fryzel who has us in his final 4.

Visitors this week:

Hank Gnadinger Longsnapper St. X class of 2025. Visited today and he's coming to summer camp.
Rashod "Tom Tom" Johnson Jr. 4⭐️FS Bushnell, FL class of 2025
Brady Hull C/OG/OT from Pulaski County, KY class of 2027 Likely headed to UK.
Darryon Jones QB Tampa, FL class of 2026 - Looks good for U of L.

Visitors for Spring Game:

Brandon Bennett 4 ⭐ WR class of 2026 Plantation, FL
Jabari Brady 5⭐ WR class of 2026 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Offered.
Denarius Gray 4⭐ WR class of 2026 Auburn commit from Boynton Beach, FL - If coaches flash their Super Bowl rings, let him hold Lamar's Heisman and Zoom with Lamar, we may haul in this big get.
Hezekiah Harris 4 ⭐ WR class of 2026 Huntsville, AL
James Harris Edge/DE/LB Cypress, TX class of 2027. He asked for an invite and wants to play for the Cards. He's recruiting himself but idk if we want him.
Javion Mallory 4 ⭐ RB class of 2026 Boca Raton, FL
Colin Urrea OL/DL Naples, FL class of 2025 Offered. Has visited before so we're definitely in the mix. Tagged @Ty Spalding in a tweet so we're good.


Other confirmed visits:

CJ May 4⭐ EDGE from Highland Home, AL class of 2025 Decommitted from Notre Dame. He will visit sometime between May 31st and June 2nd. We have a shot.

Ben Hanks, Jr. 4⭐CB from Miami class of 2025 will visit May 31st. Afterwards he'll visit FL, UGA, FSU and Miami.

Jordan Allen 3⭐ATH form Lawrenville, GA class of 2025 COMMITTED.

Denim Cook 3⭐OLB from Columbus, OH and #1 OLB in OH class of 2025 has U of L in his final 6.

Daune "Doodle Bug" Morris 4⭐APB from Murfreesboro, TN class of 2025 has U of L in his final 10. Love the nickname so we need to get him. lol.

If anyone has any additional info or opinions, feel free to add in thread.

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you know what they always say… the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

UConn is a juggernaut. I don't see Purdue able to keep up with them on the court.

UConn to repeat.

With the coming mass exodus from uk do y’all think CPK will or should recruit them?