2 hours ago, Jumper_Dad said:

Who have they picked up so far? 

Nevermind, I found a list.

Sorry I was going to get a list together (still may) when I have some time this weekend. 

2 hours ago, Tranquility Base said:

Kelsey has head coaching experience at 2 stops before Louisville, so he knows this part of the job.   Was Payne in WAY over his head or just a little lazy on this aspect of the job?  Living on the "I'm a great recruiter" tag he got while working for Cal?

He was in over his head, lazy AND can’t coach. 

Kelsey has secured the commitment of another BYU big man. This time, it's Noah Waterman. 6'11 C that averaged 10pts and 5 rebounds a game last season. Shoots almost 40% from three.

PK has one roster opening left and has seemingly put together an entire team in about 50 days since his hire date. Curious to see who fills the last spot.

PK has put together an extremely solid roster, much better than we’ve had for the last several seasons. We’ll see how they mesh and expect to be back in the tournament. 

1 hour ago, BillNye said:

Kelsey has secured the commitment of another BYU big man. This time, it's Noah Waterman. 6'11 C that averaged 10pts and 5 rebounds a game last season. Shoots almost 40% from three.

PK has one roster opening left and has seemingly put together an entire team in about 50 days since his hire date. Curious to see who fills the last spot.

Was supposed to visit UC on Monday... The Dillon Mitchell commitment cancelled that visit. Good get for UL. 

The new found energy in U of L and KY programs have been a breath of fresh air that the rivalry needed.  I know very little about a lot of these players, but it looks on paper like UK and U of L have put together similar rosters.  

Kelsey has definately been relentless and killing it ...College basketball is better when UK and U of L are both top 10-20 basketball teams year in and year out!

Coach Kelsey must be doing something right.  Louisville has gone from totally off RADAR to now being one of Joe Lunardi's first 4 out for the 2025 toruney.   At this point the whole field of 68 is completely pointless, but people are taking notice.

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2025-march-madness-men-field-predictions

Word is that ex-Illinois F Coleman Hawkins is in for a visit this weekend.   Would be a huge pick up for CPK, but it would be expensive.