(2026) - PG Taylen Kinney to Kansas

[ap2345]

1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

Not a mystery with a point guard? County is not a plug and play point as a freshman. I am forgetting some other freshman point.?

Nobody ever said a plug and play PG had to be in this class. IU already recruited a guard in the class to be a PG. They can get one in the portal if need be. 

[mike vannice]

14 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

It's not exactly a mystery 

It kind of is a mystery. We have Prince and Ristic on board , maybe Junior County and we are feeling good about Chase Branham?

[ap2345]

1 minute ago, mike vannice said:

It kind of is a mystery. We have Prince and Ristic on board , maybe Junior County and we are feeling good about Chase Branham?

Branham is a 2027 kid as of now. County is a 2 guard. PAM was recruited as a 1. Ristic is also a 2. 

[MemphisHoosier]

7 hours ago, ap2345 said:

It's not exactly a mystery 

Super helpful, appreciate the insight my man!

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

On 9/9/2025 at 11:17 AM, ap2345 said:

It's not exactly a mystery 

It clearly is to me because I have zero idea who you’re talking about 

[ap2345]

11 hours ago, IvanRenkosillegitimatechild said:

It clearly is to me because I have zero idea who you’re talking about 

Junior County. Who I went on to reference in later posts. 

[Scotty R]

I assume he will choose KU or UL

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

On 9/11/2025 at 9:12 AM, ap2345 said:

Junior County. Who I went on to reference in later posts. 

You think we have a really good shot with him?

[ap2345]

13 hours ago, IvanRenkosillegitimatechild said:

You think we have a really good shot with him?

IU is a legit contender

[Jeff Flabjohns]

https://www.on3.com/teams/kentucky-wildcats/news/mark-pope-pat-kelsey-fight-rumor-further-proof-the-kentucky-louisville-rivalry-is-back/
 

Rumor that has some legs locally

[Demo]

Commitment day for Kinney. Trilly dropped a KU gif, which would be a pretty bad miss for Louisville if that’s correct. 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

Commitment day for Kinney. Trilly dropped a KU gif, which would be a pretty bad miss for Louisville if that’s correct. 

Kansas is what I was hearing too. And they say they will try to push for Ethan Taylor too.  Hoping we can do something to help convince Taylor but it’ll be an uphill battle.  Bigger role?  Connections?

[HoosierDevils]

2 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Kansas is what I was hearing too. And they say they will try to push for Ethan Taylor too.  Hoping we can do something to help convince Taylor but it’ll be an uphill battle.  Bigger role?  Connections?

I did think Arkansas had a growing chance. It looked like Cal made a late push. 
 

I do hope we get some traction for the 2026 class, though. Ethan Taylor and Anthony Thompson would be great. Would love to see a non-portal team beginning to form in ‘26.

[AZ Hoosier]

Kansas

 

https://www.espn.com/recruiting/basketball/story/_/id/46410329/taylen-kinney-no-17-basketball-recruit-commits-kansas

[go iu bb]

3 hours ago, Demo said:

Commitment day for Kinney. Trilly dropped a KU gif, which would be a pretty bad miss for Louisville if that’s correct. 

Yep, big miss for UL.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

2 hours ago, HoosierDevils said:

I did think Arkansas had a growing chance. It looked like Cal made a late push. 
 

I do hope we get some traction for the 2026 class, though. Ethan Taylor and Anthony Thompson would be great. Would love to see a non-portal team beginning to form in ‘26.

Yeah, it’s drifting a bit.  Not without hope. TK was a clear Adidas push and we were understandably behind Kansas and Louisville in that battle.  Kansas pulling him from Louisville was impressive. 
 

Feel good about Allmond. Taylor to a certain degree.  Thompson seems unlikely to me. The pack is thinning itself.  

[Hoosierfanyuh]

3 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Yeah, it’s drifting a bit.  Not without hope. TK was a clear Adidas push and we were understandably behind Kansas and Louisville in that battle.  Kansas pulling him from Louisville was impressive. 
 

Feel good about Allmond. Taylor to a certain degree.  Thompson seems unlikely to me. The pack is thinning itself.  

Fwiw trilly said one of his contacts said Iu has the edge for Thompson right now. 
 

taylor is between us or Msu

 

to me, it feels like Allmond is ours if we push for it and miss on Thompson 

[Scotty R]

4 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Yeah, it’s drifting a bit.  Not without hope. TK was a clear Adidas push and we were understandably behind Kansas and Louisville in that battle.  Kansas pulling him from Louisville was impressive. 
 

Feel good about Allmond. Taylor to a certain degree.  Thompson seems unlikely to me. The pack is thinning itself.  

Sounds like it is IU vs OSU for Thompson 

IU vs MSU and KU for Taylor

 Some have said KU is losing ground