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‘It’s just awesome’: Graduate transfer Nate Sestina commits to play for Kentucky

Nate Sestina, left, a graduate transfer who is expected to be in Lexington for a UK visit this week, averaged 15.8 points and 8.5 rebounds this season for Bucknell. Marco Garcia AP

For the second consecutive season, the Kentucky basketball team will have a graduate transfer on the court.

Bucknell star Nate Sestina announced Thursday that he had committed to play his final season of college for John Calipari and the Wildcats, choosing to transfer to UK after visiting Lexington earlier in the week.

The 6-foot-9, 245-pound power forward from Emporium, Pa.