By ADAM ZAGORIA
Moussa Cisse, the 6-foot-10 big man from Memphis (TN) Lausanne Collegiate School, announced his top six schools on Friday.
The former Christ the King (N.Y.) big man lists Florida State, Georgetown, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU and Memphis. He cut Alabama, Illinois, Tennessee and USC from his previous list of 10.
Cisse is ranked the No. 8 overall player in the Class of 2021 and the No. 3 power forward. He is also a candidate to reclassify to 2020, along with players like Jonathan Kuminga and Adama Sanogo.
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— Moussa Cisse 33 (@moussacisse224) May 1, 2020
He broke down his schools for Rivals.com:
Florida State: “I think Florida State is a really good school. That’s the only place that I have officially visited because of the pandemic but whenever I went there, I saw how nice it was and the coaches are really good. That’s one of the schools that I could really see myself at.”
Georgetown: “Patrick Ewing, I used to watch his videos a lot. He’s one of the best bigs of all time. My sophomore year, whenever he saw me, he said he thought I played like him whenever he was my age and that meant a lot. They’ve been calling me a lot and have been showing me good energy.”
Georgia: “They have the first overall pick in the draft so that is impressive and their assistant coach was a teammate of my brother’s overseas. I feel like their game and system is a good fit for me.”
Kentucky: “Coach Cal (John Calipari) is one of the greatest coaches of all time. I went there for a visit and it was great. Also, whenever I first got to the United States, they were the first team that I watched and when they offered me my sophomore year, that was just really big. I feel really good about them.”
LSU: “I am really interested in them. The first thing is that their assistant coach coached my brother in college, too. They always check on me and I feel really good about them. I feel like with how the coach made my brother better, he could do the same for me.”
Memphis: “Memphis, that’s a basketball scene. Everyone loves me there. The coaches are always talking to me and say hello and one of my best friends, Precious Achiuwa, did great over there.”
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