(2026) - PG Taylen Kinney to Kansas

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Tonight at 8:00 ET on ESPNU

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Announced today he's transferring to Overtime Elite.

[BA47591]

Love his game and I hope he's our next pg commit. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Raby tweeted that while we were at OTE today recruiting Bryson Tiller we also made a point to check in with Kinney.

[Demo]

Officially out here. Kinney named a top FIFTEEN and IU not among them. 

[jepwatso]

44 minutes ago, Demo said:

Officially out here. Kinney named a top FIFTEEN and IU not among them. 

Top fifteen, lol

”See this large bowl of spaghetti? Better stay tuned, Like, and Subscribe, because sometime in the next 500 days or so, I’m gonna pick one of the well-funded noodles as my fav”

[HoosierHoopster]

14 hours ago, Demo said:

Officially out here. Kinney named a top FIFTEEN and IU not among them. 

Everyone can see Woodson’s likely gone next season. Probably won’t see any recruiting developments until the coach search gets underway….

[BA47591]

That's a Bruce Pearl kinda guard for us. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

We're noticeably absent unfortunately.

 

[Hurryin' Hoosiers]

27 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

We're noticeably absent unfortunately.

 

didn't want him anyway. :).  maybe next year.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Our new staff has reaffirmed an IU offer to Kinney.

https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/05/08/indiana-offers-class-of-2026-five-star-point-guard-taylen-kinney/

First line below is his first weekend of 3SSB stats.  He played at Overtime Elite for his 24-25 high school season.

Taylen Kinney '26 - Wildcat Select												DDV Reaffirmed Offer
Date		Gms	Pts	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	Blk
5/2-5/4		4	15.3	55%		18%		90%		5.0	4.8	1.3	1.5	0.3
OTE 24-25			20.1	56%		33%		74%		4	5		2.3	0.3
23 Peach Jam	4		17.5	39%		28%		90%		3.5	4.0

 

[go iu bb]

Rod Clark is the lead. He was being recruited by Tennessee so there's probably already a relationship there.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

https://247sports.com/college/basketball/recruiting/article/taylen-kinney-3ssb-kentucky-louisville-indiana-oregon-249894434/

[go iu bb]

He'll be making an official visit to IU in September. The date(s) weren't mentioned but it won't be the weekend of the 6th since he'll be visiting Oregon then.

He also said he and his step-dad have a good relationship with Clark and said they're close.

He was the first guard the new staff offered. He's noticed that they've watched very game of his that they could.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Intends to take an IU OV in Sept.  He'll be at Oregon the weekend of Sept. 6, and also plans to visit Texas, Kentucky & Louisville.  New assistant coach Clark was recruiting him at TN and Kinney was quoted as saying they're pretty close as well as Clark is close to Kinney's stepdad.

[go iu bb]

Rabby says he might be making an unofficial visit to IU next week in addition to the OV in September.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

OV for Aug 29-31

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/national-top-20-2026-pg-tay-kinney-taking-iu-basketball-official-visit-in-late-august/

https://247sports.com/college/indiana/article/indiana-basketball-recruiting-5-star-2026-point-guard-taylen-kinney-sets-indiana-official-visit-overtime-elite-wildcat-select-251565429/

https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/07/07/class-of-2026-five-star-guard-taylen-kinney-to-take-iu-basketball-official-visit-in-late-august/

[Stuhoo]

And he's an Adidas kid.

Feels like a Louisville/IU battle to the finish line. Sign him and give him the keys for 2026. 

[Demo]

20 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

OV for Aug 29-31

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/national-top-20-2026-pg-tay-kinney-taking-iu-basketball-official-visit-in-late-august/

https://247sports.com/college/indiana/article/indiana-basketball-recruiting-5-star-2026-point-guard-taylen-kinney-sets-indiana-official-visit-overtime-elite-wildcat-select-251565429/

https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/07/07/class-of-2026-five-star-guard-taylen-kinney-to-take-iu-basketball-official-visit-in-late-august/

And gone are the days when you didn’t want a kid coming in on a IUFB weekend because it would just be sad and depressing. Come on down, Tay, and watch us boat race ODU in front of a sold out stadium.

[BA47591]

Kinney or Jordan Smith? Ones a true pg but I think I'd let Smith play point and lead the team. He's wired different.  No knock on Kinney.