Marquis Teague is headed to Kentucky.

The Pike High School junior made his decision public Thursday in an announcement at the school, ending months of speculation about his college plans. The 6-2 point guard is ranked No. 2 in the country by Rivals.com. He averaged 16.3 points, 4.6 assists and 1.6 steals as a junior at Pike.

Teague’s decision ends – sort of, he can’t sign a letter of intent until November – a back-and-forth battle that raged between Kentucky and Louisville in the days leading up to the decision.

Though he was also listing Cincinnati, Indiana and Purdue among his choices, it had been expected that it would come down to the Kentucky schools.

Louisville had been considered the favorite, primarily because of the long-standing relationship between Louisville coach Rick Pitino and Teague’s father, Shawn Teague, who played for Pitino at Boston University.

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But Kentucky coach John Calipari made up ground significantly in the last several months, going from a non-entity on Teague’s list to the top.

Kentucky has locked down several of the country’s top prospects in the 2010 and ’11 classes, including Brandon Knight, Doron Lamb, Stacey Poole and Mike Gilchrist. Knight is the No. 1 player in the ’10 class by Rivals.com and Gilchrist No. 1 in the ’11 class.