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Matthew Hurt said no to Kentucky. Where does that leave the Cats for next season?

UK basketball recruiting target Jaden McDaniels will play in the McDonald's All-American Game in Atlanta on Wednesday night. He's also considering UCLA, Texas, San Diego State and Washington. By

Five-star basketball recruit Matthew Hurt committed to Duke on Friday afternoon.

That was expected.

The bigger question over the past few days — once it became crystal clear that Hurt, a longtime UK target, would be picking the Blue Devils — is where the Cats will go from here.

Kentucky clearly wants to add at least one more player to next season’s roster, which — even if Nick Richards and EJ Montgomery both return — still has four open scholarship spots.