Newport's Taylen Kinney sophomore guard has been invited to Big Blue Madness.

On 10/10/2023 at 10:29 AM, dshoe40 said:

Newport's Taylen Kinney sophomore guard has been invited to Big Blue Madness.

So, who invitied him, does this count a a recuriting visit?

Just saw a Notre Dame offer on the timeline. Kid is gonna have his choice of schools I believe. 

20 hours ago, 4 Quarters said:

So, who invitied him, does this count a a recuriting visit?

Yeah it’s a recruiting visit. Kentucky is recruiting, like many of the other top schools in the region. I’ve seen sites have him a 5 star in the 2026 class.

11 hours ago, SnottieDrippen said:

Just saw a Notre Dame offer on the timeline. Kid is gonna have his choice of schools I believe. 

I know forsure he’s added OSU, Louisville couple more within that last month or so as well.

47 minutes ago, GoBucks97 said:

Yeah it’s a recruiting visit. Kentucky is recruiting, like many of the other top schools in the region. I’ve seen sites have him a 5 star in the 2026 class.

Is'nt this out of the official vist time frame?

UK bringing their annual Blue-White game up to NKU next week. Will he be there? Congrats on the invite. Exciting seeing a NKY guy getting looked at by Big Blue.

On 10/12/2023 at 9:17 AM, 4 Quarters said:

Is'nt this out of the official vist time frame?

Believe it’s considered an unofficial, but he is still officially being recruited by them.

The official vs unofficial is just depending on who pays for the visit. The family or the school, but in all reality I’ve always heard the school is paying it’s just not known. Only 1 official visit per school now, but can go to as many schools as you want. I’m a big OSU football fan and there is rumors schools are giving 5k to just come on unofficial visits right now with all this NIL crap .

47 minutes ago, GoBucks97 said:

The official vs unofficial is just depending on who pays for the visit. The family or the school, but in all reality I’ve always heard the school is paying it’s just not known. Only 1 official visit per school now, but can go to as many schools as you want. I’m a big OSU football fan and there is rumors schools are giving 5k to just come on unofficial visits right now with all this NIL crap .

Can a sophomore make an unoffical or official vist?

23 minutes ago, 4 Quarters said:

Can a sophomore make an unoffical or official vist?

Nope, not until August of junior year. 

4 hours ago, ChickenWyngz said:

Nope, not until August of junior year. 

Ok, the point I was getting at has been verified.

He was clearly invited, so you can say whatever you want wording wise. But these schools know what they are doing regardless of the rules in place.

Tay Kinney

Position: Point Guard

Height: 6'3"

On3 Industry Ranking: #33 overall | #6 PG | #1 in KY

Division 1 Offers: Louisville, Arkansas, Indiana, Cincinnati, Xavier, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Notre Dame, Illinois, Penn State, Jackson State, Morgan State, College of Charleston, Radford, Stony Brook

Taken from Tay's x/twitter.

Cal isn't done with the bluegrass state just yet.