Bol Bol, the 7-foot-2 power forward from Mater Dei (CA) High School, has cut his list to two schools in the wake of the FBI investigation into bribery in college basketball.
Manute’s Bol son is down to Kentucky and Oregon, he told reporters at the USA Basketball mini-camp in Colorado Springs, Colo. Having visited Oregon last weekend, Bol will trip to Kentucky the weekend of Oct. 13. For “Big Blue Madness,” Kentucky will also host Zion Williamson, Darius Garland and James Wiseman.
“Some of the schools were under investigation,” he said per ESPN’s Jeff Borzello. “I just didn’t really want to be a part of that.”
Bol had previously listed Arizona and USC among his possible landing spots, but both schools had assistant coaches arrested last week in the scandal. Assistants from both schools have court dates next week in New York.
Simi Shittu, the 6-10 forward from Vermont Academy, also cut Arizona in the wake of the scandal and is now focusing on Vanderbilt, where he visited this weekend, and North Carolina, where he will visit next month. Arizona retained the commitments of Shareef O’Neal and point guard Brandon Williams.
Ranked No. 4 in the ESPN.com Class of 2018 rankings, Bol Bol was named the MVP of the Nike EYBL regular season after averaging 24.1 points, 10 rebounds and 4.5 blocks while shooting 49 percent from deep and leading his team to a 13-3 record.
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