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With the recruiting season in full swing everyone is wondering who will join Stacey Poole in the upcoming recruiting class. Kyrie Irving remains a top name that everyone is discussing. Most believe that his commitment will be to Duke at some point in November. While he does have ties to UK it seems to not be the deciding factor for him. Many of the UK blogs want to see Irving commit to UK and although I have not posted much recently I think it is clear that I would much rather see some other guys commit to UK instead of Irving. Irving is a good player but he could be an instant distraction and could cause problem. Other big recruits include Brandon Knight, who will most likely wait until the late signing period before he makes his commitment. Doron Lamb is probably another recruit that will be a late period kid.

The names that could possibly be in the early period are CJ Leslie, Adreian Payne, Jelan Kendrick and Josh Selby. I do not expect all of them to make commitments in the early period but it seems that they are more likely to than some of the other big UK recruits. Adreian Payne has been mentioned for as a long time “UK lean”. Payne is a great athlete and would have a lot to offer but only time will tell.

Big Blue Madness will probably bring a lot of excitement from the upcoming recruiting classes as there will be a good number of them at Madness and I know the word will travel fast to other recruits about the experience of attending. Probably the two biggest names attending Madness are not in the 2010 class but rather the 2011 class. Marquis Teague and Michael Gilchrist are probably the two most talented that will be attending. Tobias Harris is the highest rated for the 2010 class attending (according to Rivals and Scout). After Madness there could possibly be a commitment but do not expect it to happen right away. I have been told and I believe that a lot of recruits are waiting to see how the UK players mesh and how well Coach Cal is able to get this team rolling.

Another big part of waiting for the upcoming class is to see who is leaving and who is staying. There is no one at this point that would expect John Wall and Patrick Patterson to be back for the 2010-2011 season. The big question is who will join them? Cousins is probably the next likely in just pure speculation, but another possible could be Orton.

My predictions for commitments are Adreian Payne, Brandon Knight and Josh Selby. Take that for what you will…CJ Leslie has been a favorite of mine for a long time and I would love to see him at UK. Tobias Harris would be a very nice addition but I have a strong feeling that he will end up at Syracuse.