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Sacha Killeya-Jones Talks Kentucky, North Carolina Offers
Since decommitting from Virginia on June 2, 6-foot-10 Sacha Killeya-Jones has added offers from Kentucky, North Carolina and N.C. State.
As a native of Chapel Hill, N.C., the pull to North Carolina is strong but Killeya-Jones is also intrigued by the recent Kentucky offer.
“Kentucky’s one of the elite programs,” he told Ben Roberts at the NBPA Top 100 Camp in Charlottesville, Va. “Coach [John] Calipari, he’s great. He’s really good at what he does. And I had a great impression of the visit. I enjoyed it a lot. My family enjoyed it. The offer was exciting. So it’s been great.”
Roberts wrote that Calipari reportedly considers Killeya-Jones in the same category as Kentucky bigs Willie Cauley-Stein, Anthony Davis and incoming Skal Labissiere, the projected No. 1 pick in 2016.
Meantime, North Carolina is the local school for Killeya-Jones.
“I live like five minutes away,” he told Roberts, “so I go down there and play pickup. It’s a good vibe.”
Virginia also remains in the mix for Killeya-Jones, the No. 11 power forward in the Class of 2016 out of Lynchburg (VA) Virginia Episcopal according to 247Sports.com
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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
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Since decommitting from Virginia on June 2, 6-foot-10 Sacha Killeya-Jones has added offers from Kentucky, North Carolina and N.C. State.
As a native of Chapel Hill, N.C., the pull to North Carolina is strong but Killeya-Jones is also intrigued by the recent Kentucky offer.
“Kentucky’s one of the elite programs,” he told Ben Roberts at the NBPA Top 100 Camp in Charlottesville, Va. “Coach [John] Calipari, he’s great. He’s really good at what he does. And I had a great impression of the visit. I enjoyed it a lot. My family enjoyed it. The offer was exciting. So it’s been great.”
Roberts wrote that Calipari reportedly considers Killeya-Jones in the same category as Kentucky bigs Willie Cauley-Stein, Anthony Davis and incoming Skal Labissiere, the projected No. 1 pick in 2016.
Meantime, North Carolina is the local school for Killeya-Jones.
“I live like five minutes away,” he told Roberts, “so I go down there and play pickup. It’s a good vibe.”
Virginia also remains in the mix for Killeya-Jones, the No. 11 power forward in the Class of 2016 out of Lynchburg (VA) Virginia Episcopal according to 247Sports.com
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