Kyle Cain to Rhode Island

Former Illinois prepster Kyle Cain has given a verbal to Rhode Island. The 6-foot-7 Cain has been connected to Nevada -- the Pack being in his top five schools. Cain was supposed to visit Reno October 23 and Wisconsin-Green Bay a week later but he committed right after his trip to Providence instead.

Cavan Walsh has more here.

Kyle Cain to visit Reno in a couple of weeks

Per Jeff Goodman at FoxSports, 6-foot-7 frontcourter Kyle Cain is visiting Nevada on October 23. The competition appears to be Northern Illinois, Rhode Island and Wisconsin-Green Bay at this point.

An Illinois (by way of NH) power forward offered by Nevada

Jeff Goodman at FoxSports has an item today in his column that connects Nevada to a prep schooler on the East Coast:

"...Kyle Cain, a 6-foot-7 athletic forward out of Chicago who has scheduled visits to Northern Illinois, Ball State and Wisconsin-Green Bay and also has offers from Rhode Island and Nevada, should receive extensive playing time..."

Cain is at New Hampton Prep (New Hampshire) and Scout has him listed as 6-foot-7 and 190 pounds. Elsewhere, we saw 6-foot-8 and 205.

He is visiting Northern Illinois this weekend.

Cain committed to Detroit in November, 2008 but then pulled back. MidStateHoops has some information on that:

"6-6 1/2 Kyle Cain of Thornton Fractional North has decommitted from the University of Detroit-Mercy. The athletic forward reneged his commitment earlier this week.

Though he verballed in the early period, he never signed a Letter of Intent which makes him eligible to commit to whatever school he chooses without penalty.

Cain is a highly athletic forward that plays hard and has a toughness about him. He’s a mid major level forward that rebounds, blocks shots, and finishes at the rim. He is a 4-man that has the potential to slide into the 3-spot at the collegiate level.

Cain has already set a visit to UT-Martin. He is also considering SIUE, Bradley, and Illinois State among others. He has four visits left and plans to use them all. Cain is wide open to all schools..."