5/5/2017 basketball Edit

KNOX IS READY: Five-star will announce choice on Saturday

Justin Rowland • CatsIllustrated

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Justin Rowland has been CatsIllustrated.com's publisher since 2015. He covered college football recruiting at programs nationwide for 15 years prior to that.

The recruitment of five-star forward Kevin Knox has been as publicized as any other this cycle.

He's ready to put it to an end.

On Friday, Knox announced via Twitter that he's ready to make his choice. That choice will also be made via Twitter.

The 6-foot-8, 197-pound forward from Tampa Catholic (Fla.), ranked the No. 9 prospect in the Rivals150, tweeted that he'll choose between Missouri, North Carolina, Duke, Florida State and Kentucky.

Gabe DeArmond of PowerMizzou.com has said that he does not expect the Tigers to be the choice even though Knox did visit Columbia. Most speculation around Knox has had Kentucky as a less likely destination than some of the others, and Duke has been a popular choice in recent weeks.

Knox is, along with Mo Bamba and Cam Johnson, one of John Calipari's top remaining targets to add for next year's team. There's also the question of whether freshman guard Hamidou Diallo, who joined the 2016-17 team at midseason, will return or remain in the NBA Draft.

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