4-star PG Tay Kinney schedules Kentucky official visit

A talented Bluegrass native will once again check out the University of Kentucky later this month.

According to On3’s Joe Tipton, four-star prospect Tay Kinney has scheduled an official visit with the Wildcats for the middle of next week — Tuesday, June 24 through Thursday, June 26. Originally from Newport, KY, the 6-foot-2 point guard has taken official visits to Purdue (January) and Louisville (June), with plans to OV at Oregon in September. He’s already been to Lexington several times for unofficial visits.

Kinney, who plays for Overtime Elite (GA), is considered a top target in the 2026 cycle for Mark Pope and the Kentucky staff. The rising high school senior is ranked as the No. 17 overall recruit in the country, per the On3 Industry Ranking.

2026 Top-20 overall recruit Tay Kinney, one of the top point guards in the country, has scheduled an official visit to Kentucky for next week, source told @On3Recruits.

The 6-2 guard is a Newport, Kentucky native.

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Kinney was among the 30-plus players out in Colorado Springs earlier this week for the USA Basketball U19 Training Camp. Although he missed out on the first cut, it was valuable experience, especially with Pope serving as an on-court assistant. Over the last few weeks, Kinney stood out at the Adidas Eurocamp in Italy and the NBPA Top 100 Camp, even making the All-Camp Team in the latter event.

“We got a great relationship,” Kinney told On3’s Jamie Shaw this week about Kentucky. “I talk with Coach (Cody) Fueger here and there, and Mark Pope here and there. Just last year, what he did with that program. Coming in with zero players on the roster, put together a whole new team and they were out there winning. That just shows a lot about the coaches.”

Along with the likes of Kentucky, Louisville, Purdue, and Oregon, Kinney is also hearing from Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, Indiana, UConn, Cincinnati, and Xavier, among others. Of note, he recently signed a partnership deal with adidas. Louisville is an adidas program, while Kentucky is sponsored by Nike. That’s something to keep an eye on, but not an obstacle the ‘Cats can’t overcome if they plan to win this recruitment.

During the 2024-25 season at Overtime Elite, Kinney averaged 20.1 points, five assists, four rebounds, and 2.3 steals per game for OTE this past season. He shot 55.6 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from three.

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