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Thursday / November 21.
  • Class of ’24 forward Somto Cyril commits to Kentucky

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    By ADAM ZAGORIA

    Somto Cyril, the 6-foot-10 Class of 2024 center from Overtime Elite, has committed to Kentucky.

    Ranked the No. 5 center by 247Sports.com, he considered Providence, among others.

    “They have been one of the schools I watched as a kid,” he told 247 “Growing up as a kid playing basketball, I think that was the first college basketball I watched.

    “When I started playing I didn’t know much about basketball so I started watching on YouTube and I saw some of Anthony Davis’ highlights and how he played in college so I think that was the moment I fell in love with the game and who I wanted to be,” he added.

    Kentucky this week landed West Virginia transfer Tre Mitchell to help anchor the frontcourt in the post-Oscar Tshiebwe Era. But he will be gone in 2024. Cyril is Kentucky’s first commit in that class.

    “Just me being myself, the defensive anchor, I am going to do my best and I am going there to win games,” he told 247. “I want to make my team a better team.”

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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. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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