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Posted by Bama Cat (Member # 153) on 06-26-2022, 07:00 PM:

Kentucky men's basketball coach John Calipari has scored another commitment from a top-rated point guard prospect.

Robert Dillingham, the No. 1 point guard in the Class of 2023, committed to Calipari and the Wildcats on Friday night in an interview with ESPN.

The five-star native of Simi Valley, California, joins North Laurel's Reed Sheppard as the second rising senior in the Class of 2023 to pledge to UK.

"If you put in the work at Kentucky and Coach Cal thinks you are good enough to make it, then it will happen for you," Dillingham told ESPN. "When I visited Kentucky, it was incredible. They explained everything. The basketball, academics, strength and conditioning, NIL."

Louisville, Auburn and the University of Southern California were also in the running for Dillingham, a 6-foot-2, 165-pound product of Kanye West's Donda Academy.

Calipari's quest to land Dillingham hasn't been easy. The point guard originally committed to NC State in December over Kentucky, Kansas, LSU and Memphis but reopened his recruitment just days after Louisville announced Kenny Payne would take over as its next men's basketball coach in March.

The Wildcats separated themselves from their competition in pursuit of Dillingham over the past three months in the eyes of national recruiting pundits.

247Sports basketball analyst Travis Branham predicted Dillingham to Kentucky on May 25. Recruiting database On3 as of Tuesday gave the Wildcats an 80% chance of landing the five-star prospect.

Of Dillingham's final four schools, recruiting databases show he only visited Kentucky. In fact, 247Sports, On3 and Rivals do not list Louisville or USC among the myriad of Power 5 programs that extended the point guard a scholarship offer.

[ 06-26-2022, 08:27 PM: Message edited by: Bama Cat ]

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 06-26-2022, 10:42 PM:

Good news for sure, good to have the top rated point guard in the 2023 class! Thanks for the info Bama!

Posted by MEL (Member # 141) on 06-26-2022, 11:23 PM:

Bama ... do you think Dillingham will suit up for uk or just go ahead and jump to the G-Leauge ??? Heard rumors he might not even be elgible (grade wise). Another Sharpe ???

MEL

Posted by Bama Cat (Member # 153) on 06-27-2022, 02:14 PM:

Info I've seen about him says he wants to go the college route first. when you recruit like Cal you always stand the chance you are wasting time going after these top recruits. With the G league and the NBA just waiting for the top kids it really hurts the college game.

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Posted by MEL (Member # 141) on 06-27-2022, 09:22 PM:

OK... just know he went out to California to a school that isn't a school. Lots of questions about his grades and what classes he took. (Is it Kayne West's bkb school) ???

MEL

Posted by Bama Cat (Member # 153) on 06-27-2022, 10:12 PM:

I can't believe Cal would offer him if there were anything wrong with his qualifications, or would he? I hope he isn't getting the buggy before the horse and moving on someone he doesn't know enough about. We don't need to be wasting time on someone who will never qualify.

Posted by MEL (Member # 141) on 06-28-2022, 09:30 AM:

I am just relaying rumors (which could very well be false). Kid has some handlers that don't seem to be for what the best interests for the kid are.

MEL