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Mohamed Bamba recruiting update: ESPN still predicting UK for elite big man

There are a still a few huge names out there in the 2017 recruiting class, and Mohamed Bamba is one of them.

Ranked fifth in the ESPN 100, the center from Westtown School in Pennsylvania is one of the most sought-after recruits still on the board. Kentucky has been viewed as the team to beat for a while,

According to ESPN Insider’s Jeff Borzello, his visits to Kentucky, as well as Kentucky already having his teammates and friends in the class, may have pulled them ahead for good.

Prediction: Kentucky

Confidence level: 60 percent

Other contenders: Texas, Duke, Michigan

Over the past few weeks, though, the Wildcats and Blue Devils made their moves.