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Tuesday / April 16.
  • Mohamed Bamba Working With Group of 7 Schools, Meets With Duke, UConn

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    Mohamed Bamba, the 7-footer from the PSA Cardinals and the Westtown (Pa.) School, is working with a group of seven schools and met with two of them on Tuesday, sources said.

    The No. 2-ranked power forward in the Class of 2017, Bamba is considering Duke, Kentucky, UConn, Michigan, Syracuse, Texas and Harvard, although he never announced a formal cut.

    Bamba met Tuesday at the Westtown School with Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski and his staff, and UConn coach Kevin Ollie and his, sources said.

    “Duke has a very rich history with Coach K,” Bamba said in July. “I think one of the biggest things that stand out to me about Duke is that all of their assistant coaches have played for Coach K at some point. That’s big. That shows that they’re a family.”

    He previously met with Kentucky on Sept. 9 and Syracuse and Michigan on Sept. 14, with Harvard and Texas due in on Thursday.

    Bamba recently took an official visit to Michigan and also visited Harvard. He visited UConn over the summer.

    Bamba helped the USA U18 team win a gold medal this summer, and also helped the PSA Cardinals make the Peach Jam finals.

    He is projected as a top-3 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft.

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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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