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    • Recruiting

    Here’s a quick update on some college announcements:

    **Dre Perry, a 6-6 small forward from Baltimore Polytechnic (MD), will announce Friday at 6 p.m. between Temple, Kansas State and Virginia Tech.

    **Andre Rafus, the 6-9 small forward from Baltimore (MD) Lake Clifton, said he will “delay” his decision after initially planning to announce on Friday between Seton Hall, Kansas, TCU and Georgetown.

    Oak Hill Academy, Recruiting

    Billy Preston, the 6-foot-10 Class of 2017 forward from Oak Hill Academy (VA), has opted to open up his recruitment.

    Preston had been focusing on Kansas, USC and Maryland, and he’s slated to take an official visit to Kansas this weekend for “Late Night in the Phog.”

    “After talking with my family and starting my senior year at Oak Hill Academy, I have decided to open my recruitment up and explore what schools would best fit for me as a student-athlete,” Preston said. “I am looking forward to taking official visits and have no time table for making my final decision.”

    Indiana head coach Tom Crean was in recently to see Preston, as was Kentucky assistant Kenny Payne. Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim is expected on Monday.

    Kentucky, Recruiting

    Scout.com on Monday released its latest team recruiting rankings for the Class of 2017 and Duke, Kentucky and Kansas were nowhere to be found.

    It’s a bit jarring for those of us following college basketball recruiting to see a Top 25 list without all three of those bluebloods anywhere to be seen.

    After all, Kentucky and Duke have been 1-2 (in differing orders) in the Scout rankings for eight straight years, and Kansas is usually near the top, too.

    Without them, Bruce Pearl and Auburn ranks No. 1 with their three-member class of Austin Wiley, Davion Mitchell and Chuma Okeke, followed by Washington, Arizona, Illinois and Western Kentucky, where Rick Stansbury has made national headlines with a class that includes Mitchell Robinson and Josh Anderson.

    Recruiting

    By ADAM ZAGORIA & JACOB POLACHECK

    Here’s a look towards this weekend’s recruiting visits and other news. This list was compiled via information from players, coaches and media reports, including HoopSeen.com, and will be updated all weekend.

    **Gary Trent Jr., the 6-foot-5 shooting guard from Prolific (CA) Prep, will visit UCLA this weekend for his first official visit. He is also slated to visit Arizona (Oct. 14), Duke (Oct. 21), and Michigan State (Oct. 25).

    **Kris Wilkes, the 6-foot-8 small forward from North Central (IN) High School, will take an official visit to UCLA this weekend (Sept. 22-25). Wilkes visited Illinois earlier this month (Sept. 9-11) and plans to visit Indiana (Sept. 30), Xavier (Oct. 28), and UConn (Nov. 3). He released his top five last month.

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