247Sports releases final 2022 basketball recruiting rankings

Kentucky has two top-15 signees in 247Sports’ final 2022 recruiting rankings, with a third finishing in the top 125.

Five-star guard Cason Wallace leads the Wildcats at No. 5 overall, a one-spot jump from the previous update. He’s rated as the No. 2 combo guard in the class, behind only Arkansas signee Nick Smith Jr. (No. 1 overall).

Five-star wing Chris Livingston is ten spots behind at No. 15 overall, dropping six spots from No. 9. He is now the fifth-best small forward in the class, behind Dariq Whitehead (No. 3), Dillon Mitchell (No. 7), Cam Whitmore (No. 10) and Brandon Miller (No. 13).

To round out Kentucky signees, Adou Thiero was bumped up to four-star status and moved up 59 spots to No. 124 overall in the final update. He is now the No. 18 combo guard in the class.

Check out 247’s final top 35:

1. Nick Smith Jr. (Arkansas)
2. Dereck Lively II (Duke)
3. Dariq Whitehead (Duke)
4. Kyle Filipowski (Duke)
5. Cason Wallace (Kentucky)
6. Kel’el Ware (Oregon)
7. Dillon Mitchell (Texas)
8. Keyonte George (Baylor)
9. Amari Bailey (UCLA)
10. Cam Whitmore (Villanova)
11. Jarace Walker (Houston)
12. Mark Mitchell (Duke)
13. Brandon Miller (Alabama)
14. Anthony Black (Arkansas)
15. Chris Livingston (Kentucky)
16. Adem Bona (UCLA)
17. Arterio Morris (Texas)
18. Julian Phillips (Undecided)
19. Jordan Walsh (Arkansas)
20. Gradey Dick (Kansas)
21. JJ Starling (Notre Dame)
22. Yohan Traore (Auburn)
23. Jalen Hood-Schifino (Indiana)
24. Jaden Bradley (Alabama)
25. Vince Iwuchukwu (USC)
26. Leonard Miller (Undecided)
27. Seth Trimble (North Carolina)
28. Terrance Arceneaux (Houston)
29. Ernest Udeh Jr. (Kansas)
30. Collin Chandler (BYU)
31. Skyy Clark (Illinois)
32. Tre White (USC)
33. MJ Rice (Kansas)
34. Malik Reneau (Indiana)
35. Tarris Reed (Michigan)

On3’s new Industry Comparison feature compares the final rankings of all four major recruiting outlets, with On3 joining 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals.com.

The players are sorted by the On3 Consensus — a proprietary algorithm that compiles ratings and rankings from all four major recruiting media services — with the individual rankings for On3, 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals.com separated in columns, in order.

Take a look at the Industry Comparison top 30 below:

You can find the complete 247Sports rankings here and the On3 Industry Comparison here.

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