We’ve beaten this narrative to death over the last 36 hours, but Kentucky men’s basketball head coach John Calipari truly does appear to be taking a more aggressive approach with the next batch of top recruits. Beginning Wednesday, June 15 at 12:01 a.m. EST, college coaches were allowed to make individual contact with rising high school juniors, or class of 2024 prospects. Not even a full day later, Calipari and his staff had already extended four scholarship offers to recruits all ranked among the On3 Consensus top 10.
Looking at Kentucky’s approach during the contact period at this time in 2021, the ‘Cats had offered just one player: 6-foot-8 wing JJ Taylor, who was then a clear-cut five-star but has since seen his stock drop considerably in recent months.