Joey Hart, a former UCF signee from Indiana, commits to Kentucky basketball’s 2023 class

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky basketball’s 2023 recruiting class continues to grow — and the same goes for next season’s roster.

Joey Hart, a guard from Linton-Stockton High School in Linton, Indiana, committed to the Wildcats on Saturday. It came just five days after UK picked up a commitment from another 2023 prospect, three-star forward Jordan Burks.

He becomes the seventh player in UK’s 2023 recruiting class, which is ranked No. 1 nationally. The other players in the class are Burks, a quartet of five-star prospects (Aaron Bradshaw, Robert Dillingham, Justin Edwards and DJ Wagner), and four-star, in-state signee (and UK legacy) Reed Sheppard.

Another recent signing: Jordan Burks, previously committed to Ole Miss, picks Kentucky

This marks the Wildcats’ largest recruiting class since 2017, when it signed eight players, and comes as UK has struggled to land transfer portal targets to fill out its 2023-24 roster.

Hart originally signed with Central Florida in November but was released from his letter of intent last month. After his release, Indiana and Rutgers also showed interest before Hart picked Kentucky after he took an official visit to Lexington that started Sunday.

His three-star status (Rivals, 247Sports and On3; ESPN has not given him a star rating) makes Hart a rarity during the John Calipari era. He’s just the fourth three-star prospect the Wildcats have signed under Calipari but the second in as many years along with rising sophomore guard Adou Thiero. The other three-star recruits Calipari has signed at UK were both in-state products in 2013: Dominique Hawkins and Derek Willis.

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Author : The Courier Journal

Publish date : 2023-06-17 16:08:34

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