By ADAM ZAGORIA & SAM LANCE
Chris Cenac — the 6-foot-10, 230-pound big man out of Link Academy — announced his Top 7 schools on Wednesday.
Cenac is considering Kentucky, Auburn, Tennessee, Arkansas, Houston, LSU and Baylor.
He cut Alabama, Louisville, Michigan State, Texas and UConn from his previous list of 12.
He recently broke down several of his top options for ZAGSBLOG:
Houston: “I like every visit equally. All of them pretty much said the same thing. They are going to have me playing like all-around, have me coming in and playing good minutes. The goal is to be one and done.”
On head coach Kelvin Sampson: “He’s a great coach. The thing that’s similar about those coaches is they’re going to push me. They are going to push me until I want to quit. And I think that’s what I need in a school to be ready for the next level.”
Tennessee: “Same thing. [Rick Barnes] is a great coach, has a lot of experience. All of them, they have coached guys like me, which is great. So coach Barnes, he’s a great coach. He’s going to push me.”
Auburn: “Same with coach Bruce Pearl. He’s going to push me. He coached a guy like me a couple years ago. So he’s a great coach. Everyone [at Auburn] is very friendly, just very welcoming.”
Kentucky: “I’m just looking forward to seeing what they do this season and how they do. That’s what’s most important to me right now.”
LSU: “It’s very welcoming,” Cenac said of LSU. “Just like Kentucky, I’m looking forward to seeing what they do this year. They had a top-10 recruiting class last year, so I’m just looking to see how they rebuild and how they’re going to do this season.”
What about a decision timeline?
“I don’t have a specific time,” Cenac said. “I’m just ready to get these visits done and then I’ll have a decision around when I’ll do it.”
The big man will be very busy this fall. Cenac is currently preparing for his senior season at Link Academy, and he has USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team minicamp from Oct. 11-13.
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