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Arizona basketball: Emmanuel Akot named an ‘elite freshman most likely to stay for multiple seasons’

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Emmanuel Akot was a late addition to the Arizona Wildcats’ 2017 recruiting class last May.

The five-star forward was originally a 2018 prospect, but he reclassified to 2017, putting him on track to join the Wildcats in the upcoming season.

Though talented, the 18-year-old skipped his senior year of high school, and will likely come off the bench at Arizona in his first season.

Thus, Akot is not expected to be a one-and-done in Tucson, but because of his long-term potential, Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report listed Akot as one of the “elite college basketball freshmen most likely to stay for multiple seasons.