According to Rivals.com Joe Tipton 2026 five star point guard Tay Kinney is down to eight schools.
His final eight schools included Indiana, along with Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Miami, Oregon, and Texas.
Auburn, Purdue, Xavier, and Tennessee were all cut from his previous list.
NEWS: 2026 Top-15 overall recruit Tay Kinney is down to eight schools, he tells @Rivals.
— Joe Tipton (@TiptonEdits) August 21, 2025
The 6-2 rising senior is one of the top point guards in the country.
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The 6-foot-2 Kinney, who attends Overtime Elite in Atlanta, has visited or has a visit scheduled to all of his finalists, which includes a visit to Bloomington, Indiana from August 29-31 as first reported by Peegs and 247Sports.com
Kinney is rated the No. 14 player nationally, the No. 1prospect from the state of Georgia and the No. 4 point guard in the 2026 class by the 247Sports Composite.
The Kentucky native and five-star floor general is originally from Newport, Kentucky. Kinney averaged 19.8 points per game, 5.6 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game in 2024 for Overtime Elite according to Sports Passports
Previously in his sophomore season, Kinney started 33 games, where he averaged 17.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.6 assists, and shot 48.4 percent overall plus 41.4 percent from three point range.
For the Wildcat Select (AAU team) he averaged 19.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 4.3 assists during the spring. He shot 54.4% overall, and 24.1% from three point range.
Kinney does an amazing job when driving and kicking the ball out to the perimeter, mostly because he's a legitimate threat when attacking the paint. Defenders have to respect his ability as a three-level scorer, which opens things up from a spacing and overall scheme standpoint.
The combo guard would make an excellent addition to the Hoosiers men's basketball team, and head coach Darian DeVries and his coaching staff will continue pushing for him until he signs on to his school of choice in the fall or winter.