Tag: Kaden Magwood

Top 100 recruit Kaden Magwood has been contacted by Kentucky basketball

Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope has contacted top 100 recruit Kaden Magwood.

As the roster building for the 2024-25 season begins to wind down, the recruiting for 2025 heats up. Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope has been after high-level recruits Darryn Peterson and Will Riley is recent weeks. Now, top 100 player Kaden Magwood has been added to that list.

Magwood is a four-star point guard in the 2025 recruiting class, rated currently as the 99th overall player. He already has offers from Ole Miss, Louisville, and Illinois among others.

The Mouth of Wilson product is planning to visit Kentucky soon, possibly in the next month, according to Kentucky Sports Radio. Magwood had this to say about the Wildcats program:

I’ve been a Kentucky fan since I was a little kid. The only coach I’ve ever known has been Coach Calipari, so I’m kind of bummed about that a little bit. Kentucky is still Kentucky to me.

Kentucky fans will be interested to see how successful Pope is in recruiting high school talent. They’re used to top five classes and star players, so expectations are high. Magwood is an ascending player, and the Wildcats, and their fans, would be happy to have him aboard.

Kaden Magwood put up some ridiculous numbers at the 3Stripes Select

Kaden Magwood had a strong showing this weekend.

By the time you had taken your third bite of pancakes this morning, top-100 recruit Kaden Magwood had started scoring points at the 3Stripes Select Basketball Circuit.

By the time you reached for more syrup, he had put up 32 points to put together one of the most impressive showings of the weekend at the 3Stripes Select Basketball Circuit in Hoover, Alabama.

Magwood, a four-star point guard at Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia), showed off his ability as a dynamic scorer this past weekend. In particular, Magwood certainly has a polished perimeter game with plenty of range.

The 6-foot-3 guard was simply unstoppable on Sunday morning with five-of-seven shooting from three-point range. He also added six rebounds and two assists for Team Loaded.

 

He has an offer list that includes George Mason, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Penn State, Rhode Island and West Virginia among others.

According to 247Sports, Magwood is the No. 94 recruit in the class of 2025 and the sixth-best recruit in Virginia.