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By JACK LeGWIN and ADAM ZAGORIA

Asante Gist is off the board to Eastern Kentucky.

The 5-foot-11 point guard from St. Anthony’s chose Eastern Kentucky over Miami and Central Florida. He is one of five St. Anthony’s players who will sign a National Letter of Intent on Monday.

“It was a long and stressful time trying to figure out what school I was going to pick,” Gist said earlier this week. “I came down to my last three choices of UCF, EKU, and Bowling Green. All three of these schools showed the most interest in me when it came down to crunch time.

“EKU showed interest from the start. Head coach [Dan] McHale was recruiting me at Seton Hall and I knew him for a long time. He and his whole staff are genuine people and I felt comfortable with them as well.”

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UConn officially announced the signing of its four-man class on Friday.

Guard Alterique Gilbert (Lithonia, Ga.), power forwards Mamadou Diarra (Queens, N.Y.) and Juwan Durham (Tampa, Fla.) and small forward Vance Jackson (Altadena, Calif.) make up what is considered by most recruiting services as one of the top recruiting classes in the country. It is the first time UConn has had a recruiting class including four players ranked in the Top 100 since the incoming freshman class of 2006-07.

“I think each of these student-athletes brings something different to the program, in terms of their basketball skills,” UConn coach Kevin Ollie said. “They don’t overlap each other, which I like in my classes. I don’t want two players just alike, because that’s not fair to the players or the program. We really look at versatility, players who can do a number of things on the court.”

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