Top 2024 5-Star Tre Johnson Includes Kentucky in Top Six

Kentucky basketball has made the top six for the No. 1 player in the 2024 class.

Tre Johnson, a 6-foot-5, 180-pound shooting guard out of Lake Highlands High School in Dallas, is considering the Wildcats along with the following schools:

Baylor
Texas
Arkansas
Alabama
Kansas

🚨NEWS: The No. 1 player in the 2024 class Tre Johnson (@iamtrejohnson1) has cut his list to 6️⃣:

Kentucky
Texas
Arkansas
Kansas
Alabama
Baylor

This spring he’s averaging 18.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists while shooting 38.2% from three @TheAthletic @HoustonHoops17U pic.twitter.com/EdxqbkbSTC
— Tobias Bass (@tobias_bass) May 15, 2023

Kentucky offered last June and hosted an official visit to Lexington back in January. The Wildcats got in the recruitment later on, but have seemingly made up ground since. Baylor and Texas were thought to be the favorites, but a Tweet from insider Andrew Slater suggests that UK is high on the list of six:

Baylor vs Kentucky https://t.co/mwNWcjTXer
— 𝒜𝓃𝒹𝓇ℯ𝓌 𝒮𝓁𝒶𝓉ℯ𝓇 (@Andrew__Slater) May 15, 2023

Johnson is the consensus No. 1 overall player in the class by all four major recruiting services. Lately, he's been putting up solid numbers on the Nike EYBL Circuit for Houston Hoops 17u:

@iamtrejohnson1 (16Pts/7Rbs/6Asts) & @JalenShelley (18Pts/73%2FG/7Rbs) Set the Tone as @HoustonHoops17U Defeat Georgia Stars 78-69 @NikeEYB (S/3).

The Tandem (@espn #1/#39) Sparked 2nd-Half Surge (+14) to Secure Win; Next Matchup vs @TeamFinalEYBL (Day 2/5:00pm). #RoadToPeachJam pic.twitter.com/5wSHT4rMKJ
— Andre King (@TheCapeCodKid) May 14, 2023

He's also taken official visits to Baylor, Texas, and most recently Kansas. As has become the normal in Lexington, head coach John Calipari is in the thick of a recruiting battle for a top talent in the now-upcoming class.

5-star center Flory Bidunga working to schedule Kentucky visit

Kentucky interested in former Texas commit Ron Holland

Former Kentucky point guard Sahvir Wheeler transferring to Washington

Inside Kentucky basketball's somber locker room after NCAA Tourney defeat HERE.

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