Six of ESPN’s top 40 players in the 2017 class will make their decision Thursday, and Kentucky struck first by pulling in five-star center Nick Richards.
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“The reason is that I wanted to play at the highest level, and Kentucky always said that they are the highest level in college basketball,” Richards said via ESPN.
The 6-11 center from Queens, N.Y., chose Kentucky over Arizona and Syracuse.
