5-star prospect Shaedon Sharpe, the No. 4 participant within the 2022 class, made an official go to to Kentucky in June. He then returned to Lexington, Kentucky, once more on the finish of August together with his mother and father by his facet. Can anybody bridge the hole and edge out the Wildcats forward of his dedication this week? 

That is the massive query surrounding his recruitment as Sharpe, a 6-foot-5 taking pictures guard from Glendale (Arizona)-Dream Metropolis Christian, prepares to announce his resolution Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET. The Wildcats are the favourite to land Sharpe, based on the 247Sports Crystal Ball however he maintains that he is nonetheless contemplating 4 different choices: Oklahoma State, Arizona, Kansas, and the G League Ignite. 

My prediction is under together with a glance — ranked from greatest to worst match — at his closing choices.

1. Kentucky

John Calipari and his workers have already locked in a dedication within the 2022 cycle from a famous person level guard in Skyy Clark. Including a flexible taking pictures guard in Sharpe to spherical out a really dynamic backcourt duo might actually unlock the Wildcats’ potential. Sharpe has maintained confidence in UK’s workers with the ability to get him to the subsequent degree — prefer it has executed with numerous others previously — and that belief is finally what might make Kentucky one of the best match right here.

2. G League Ignite

It is laborious to argue what the G League Ignite program in a single 12 months has put collectively. Having already produced two top-10 picks in Jalen Inexperienced and Jonathan Kuminga, it is apparent that it’s a viable path for top-end prospects who might need to punt on school altogether and as a substitute put together for turning into knowledgeable. This system is tailored to get gamers to the subsequent degree — it has invested heavy sources in carrying out exactly that — so whereas it does not seem Sharpe is leaning this course, it isn’t loopy to think about him skipping school and choosing the G League Ignite on Tuesday as an affordable path ahead. 

3. Kansas

Except you are a particular prospect it is actually laborious to earn huge minutes as a freshman below Invoice Self at Kansas. 

And Sharpe is a particular prospect.

He is a pure scorer who can fill it up at each degree and at Kansas, a crew with a ton of veterans that could be primed to show over the vast majority of its scoring for 2022-23, he might be capable to step in and begin immediately. 

4. Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton has made a robust impression on recruits since taking up this system in 2017 due to his player-friendly method and talent to attach with prospects. That has allowed him to land five-star recruit-turned-No. 1 general choose Cade Cunningham, who they featured closely final season, and most lately five-star Kansas switch Bryce Thompson. Sharpe would determine to learn considerably on that entrance. He’d seemingly be the face of this system upon arrival on a gifted younger crew on the rise.

5. Arizona

Arizona for years proudly wore the moniker of “A Participant’s Program” below Sean Miller. However Miller is out now and this system is getting into a brand new period below Tommy Lloyd, the star Gonzaga assistant who took the gig earlier this 12 months. Reality is, Arizona’s simply the largest wild card right here so that they land finally on the checklist. Given Lloyd’s recruiting acumen and observe file he would possibly simply flip Arizona right into a juggernaut once more. Most anticipate he’ll be very profitable. We simply do not know precisely what which will appear like, at what degree he’ll recruit and the way he’ll function his gamers — even these as gifted as Sharpe — on that path. (Although he is no dummy; Sharpe seemingly steps in and shines immediately if he chooses the Wildcats.)

Prediction: Kentucky

Too many indicators listed here are pointing to Kentucky to make every other prediction. UK was the one faculty that bought two separate visits from him in latest months and people within the business see this one as a digital lock for John Calipari and his workers. It is a credit score to Kentucky that it is headed this course, too. The Wildcats jumped on him early with a proposal final December when he was simply barely a top-100 expertise and now because of some pristine scouting and projecting could also be in line to land one of many prime gamers within the 2022 class to construct round for the subsequent cycle.