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Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Pope questions a call of blocking on the Cats while they take on Nicholls in the first half at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky Nov. 4, 2025.<\/p>\n
Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Pope questions a call of blocking on the Cats while they take on Nicholls in the first half at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky Nov. 4, 2025. | Matt Stone\/Courier Journal \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n
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It is starting to get down to the wire for the 2026 basketball recruiting class, and Mark Pope has yet to land any players. It sounds like that could change soon, as the reliable recruiting expert Travis Branham just put in a crystal ball for the Wildcats to land a five-star.<\/p>\n
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That player is 6’8 200-pound power forward Christian Collins, who plays his high school hoops at St. John Bosco. It seemed like the Wildcats were going to land Tyran Stokes for a while, but now, out of nowhere, the Wildcats have taken the lead for Collins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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