Talia Goodman believes Kentucky WBB's 2026 class is in an 'incredible spot'

No one has a better 2026 recruiting class right now than Kenny Brooks and Kentucky. That’s not bias, that’s just a plain fact. If you go by Rivals’ recruiting rankings, Kentucky has two top 10 commits from the same class in program history. Savvy Swords is the No. 9 overall prospect, and Maddyn Greenway is just behind her at No. 10.

In fact, Kentucky is the only school with multiple top 20 commits, let alone top 10. The only other school with two top 30 commits is Duke, and Clemson joins the club if you go down to the top 75.

Needless to say, what Kentucky has done to this point is very, very impressive. On the latest episode of The Memorial Memo, On3/Rivals’ Talia Goodman talked about how good the staff has done this cycle.

“It’s been a big shift in the recruiting world,” Goodman said. “At this point, Kentucky’s already landed two 2026 kids, and they’re still in the mix for some of the top ones. It’s interesting — I’d say there’s probably like seven that they’re really in the mix for, but all seven are easily top 100, mostly top 50 kids.”

When you’re the only program in the country with two top 10 players set to come into your program, maybe not-so-surprisingly, the pressure to reel in the big fish isn’t quite as intense.

“I think [Kentucky’s 2026 class] is great, and it puts them in this incredible spot where you don’t feel a lot of pressure — obviously, it’s great if you land one or two of these other kids you’re in on right now, but you don’t have to,” Goodman explained. “You have two top 10 kids, and you have the portal at your availability to grab whatever else you need if you need something still. Obviously, you’d like to get freshmen and develop them and hopefully they stay, but you don’t know if they’ll stay.”

Getting two freshmen — especially of that caliber — is really good at this point in the year. Kentucky’s momentum could possibly land them a couple more commitments, but then again, the staff also has to think about the transfer portal too.

“It’s tough to know what to prioritize because if you get too big of a freshman class, it limits you from getting those experienced players from the portal,” Goodman noted. “I think they’re in a really good spot where they have two kids that you feel like they can trust almost immediately when they come in based on how they’ve been playing.”

So, what exactly does Kentucky have left to do in the 2026 class?

“You probably hope to get one more of these high-level kids that you’ve been recruiting for a while and have put a lot of effort into, but there aren’t a lot of teams that can say they aren’t too stressed about getting freshmen right now.”

If Kentucky can add one or two more pieces to its freshman class, it’ll probably be the best one in program history. Keep cooking, Kenny.

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