Tag: Trent Noah

It didn’t take very long for Trent Noah to find a new home after decommitting from South Carolina. On Thursday, the local high school star chose to commit to Mark Pope and Kentucky basketball.

Noah is rated four stars by 247sports and is just outside their top 100 recruits for 2024. The 6’6″, 200 lb forward committed to South Carolina in November, but asked out of his National Letter of Intent earlier this week. In doing so, he said he wanted to be closer to home. Kentucky made the most sense, and Pope landed him.

Only Wildcats recruit Travis Perry was rated as a higher recruit in the state, and Noah has similar strengths. He’s a very good shooter from three-point range, and also passes the ball well.

Like Perry, Noah will be a popular player with Big Blue Nation being a local kid. He’s a good player too, and could work his way into the rotation early in his career.

Kentucky basketball will have the state’s top high school player in guard Travis Perry. He should get minutes early on and has the skillset to grow into a very good player. Now, the number two player in the state, Trent Noah, could be an option as well.

Noah is a 6’6″, 200 lb small forward in the 2024 class. He’s rated four stars by 247sports and is just outside the top 100 overall. Like Perry, he’s a good three-point shooter, and he plays with good instincts.

Originally, Noah committed to South Carolina, and signed his National Letter of Intent in November. However, he recently asked out of the NLI with this statement:

I will be reopening my recruitment with hopes of pursuing basketball opportunities closer to home.

Whether or not Wildcats coach Mark Pope plans on recruiting him isn’t known yet, but Big Blue Nation would certainly love to have two in-state heroes to root for this fall.