2027 Recruiting: Sayon Keita
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Sanogo too since Keita is also from Bamako, Mali
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Pretty amazing the recruiting chops KS is showing at this stage the career. I think his class this year is only behind Duke. Shows kids still want to be coached with some toughness I guess, and the coach is really what drives the attraction as Houston wouldn’t be a landing spot I’d be jumping on for overall experience. KS really not showing tons of NBA players either, as good as he’s been.
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5-star C Sayon Keita
Sayon Keita, a 7-foot-0 center who currently plays with Barcelona in Spain, went on a U.S. college tour this past week. In back-to-back days, he visited Kansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Duke, UNC, and UConn. Speaking with sources going into the recruitment, it sounded like Duke was the school my sources were watching. Coming out of the visits, I am told my sources are still watching Duke, but one source mentioned to me that he also enjoyed the Kentucky visit. It does not sound like a commitment is imminent here, and there may be some time to soak in and reflect. I am told he took the visits in the way he did to get them all in before the dead period and so he could take them on the same trip to the US. Continue to watch if a commitment timeframe starts to emerge.He should talk to some of the current and recent former Duke players to get a sense about what it's like to win a national championship. Oh wait........
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Unfortunately these days he's likely more interested in how high a program can get him drafted. Duke has a recent African center going lottery.5-star C Sayon Keita
Sayon Keita, a 7-foot-0 center who currently plays with Barcelona in Spain, went on a U.S. college tour this past week. In back-to-back days, he visited Kansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Duke, UNC, and UConn. Speaking with sources going into the recruitment, it sounded like Duke was the school my sources were watching. Coming out of the visits, I am told my sources are still watching Duke, but one source mentioned to me that he also enjoyed the Kentucky visit. It does not sound like a commitment is imminent here, and there may be some time to soak in and reflect. I am told he took the visits in the way he did to get them all in before the dead period and so he could take them on the same trip to the US. Continue to watch if a commitment timeframe starts to emerge.
He should talk to some of the current and recent former Duke players to get a sense about what it's like to win a national championship. Oh wait........
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UConn very recently had a 7 footer drafted in the lottery. He wasn't bad.
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Maybe he is friends with Dame Sarr
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Gonna be interesting to see where we go at center if Keita and Diane go elsewhere. Finding a good veteran to backup Reibe in the portal would probably be challenging.
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I have a feeling it might be another European but don’t discount the idea that with development there will be other Tarris Reeds in the portal.
He was teammates in Barcelona. Though Sarr may be a 1-and-done before he gets there.
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That’s what I assumed, they definitely have some correspondence. Though as you said, Sarr will probably be out of there by the time he gets there.
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I reread the original post. Yes. Last visit.