UA Elite 24 game features Kentucky commit, top targets

The Under Armour Next Elite 24 is set to return for the first time since 2016, a showcase of high school basketball’s best talent in the rising junior and senior classes.

Among them? You guessed it, multiple Kentucky recruiting targets, including one pledge.

2023 five-star wing and UK commit Justin Edwards is among the event headliners, joined by 2024 five-star guards Ian Jackson, Tre Johnson, Tahaad Pettiford and Boogie Fland, all players with scholarship offers from the Wildcats.

Kentucky has also been in contact with the likes of 2024 prospects Elliott Cadeau, Vyctorius Miller, Trentyn Flowers and Derik Queen, who are all set to participate.

Check out the complete team rosters below:

Team Futr

• Tahaad Pettiford
• Stephon Castle
• Simeon Wilcher
• Bryson Tucker
• Xavier Booker
• Rayvon Griffith
• Derik Queen
• Vyctorius Miller
• Justin Edwards
• Baye Fall
• Sean Stewart
• Elmarko Jackson

Team Havoc

• Ian Jackson
• Bryson Tiller
• Kwame Evans Jr.
• Boogie Fland
• Isaiah Collier
• Dennis Evans III
• Matas Buzelis
• Trentyn Flowers
• Jamie Kaiser Jr.
• Tre Johnson
• JP Estrella
• Elliot Cadeau

The top summer game of the year is back and both teams are stacked!  Will it be Team Futr or Team Havoc?  Comment below and tune-in to ESPNU at 5pm EST on August 12th to witness history in the making.  #UANext #Elite24 pic.twitter.com/mbgbTAt6l9

— Boys UAA (@UANextBHoops) August 1, 2022

The prestigious event is set to return for its 12th year on August 12 at Northerly Island in Chicago, live at 7 p.m. ET on ESPNU. The inaugural Elite 24 Girls Game will take place before at 5 p.m. ET.