Louisville basketball fans are anxiously awaiting this Sunday, September 28, as one of Pat Kelsey's top targets will announce his commitment. Louisville is in a heated recruiting battle with Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Oregon, and Indiana after 5-star Taylen Kinney dropped his list to these six schools earlier this month.
However, the race is mainly a two-way battle as many experts feel it is Louisville versus Kansas, with the Jayhawks being the favorite. The Rivals Joe Tipton logged a prediction for Kinney's commitment and has a 60 percent confidence level that the 5-star point guard will commit to Kansas over Louisville.
However, with his commitment now under a week away, Louisville fans still could see the Kentucky native commit to the Cardinals, despite what many experts think. So, now the Cardinals have a massive opportunity in front of them, and the fans are holding their breaths as the date gets closer.
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Louisville basketball's top target announces commitment this Sunday
The Cardinals fans have been waiting for this week for a long time. Now, Louisville was thought of as a lock after Kinney visited the Cardinals back in June, but Louisville still has a massive opportunity in six days.
Louisville has been trending and pushing for elite 2026 recruits all offseason, but has yet to land one commitment as of now. But that all can change this Sunday, and the Cardinals could get one of their dream targets and one of the best recruits in the nation.
Kinney is ranked as high as No. 11 in the nation and the No. 1 point guard in the 2026 cycle. Kelsey's bold 'PGU' claim sounded like it was just a massive recruiting pitch on why Kinney and future elite point guards should come to Louisville, and now the fans can only hope it worked.
If Louisville can land Kinney this Sunday, not only does that make Louisville land the No. 1 point guard in back-to-back recruiting classes, but that would be a massive first commitment in the 2026 cycle. Hopefully, Kinney is the first domino to fall their way and will spark many 5-stars to follow, just like what happened in the Transfer Portal.
Kelsey and the Louisville Cardinals have worked overtime for Kinney, and the fans will see Sunday at 1:30 p.m. local time if all their hard work paid off. Louisville fans can't help but hear the Kansas buzz and all the latest rumors, but with Kelsey visiting Kinney before he visited Arkansas, and with Mikel Brown Jr. already proving Louisville is the place for elite point guards to go, the Cardinals fans still have a glimpse of hope that he will pick up the Cardinals hat on Sunday.
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