N'Faly Dante is a Top 15 player in the Class of 2020, who is on an official visit to Kentucky this weekend.....he plays Center and is 6'11, defensive player with upside
The player is rumored on the Kentucky message boards to be reclassifying back to 2019, which was one of the goals that I believe Kentucky had in mind for whatever big man they were targeting beyond getting Virginia Tech grad transfer Kerry Blackshear.
Kentucky was thought to be the favorite for Blackshear, but then again, because they're Kentucky, they believe they're getting anyone they start to recruit.
I don't think this impacts Cliff Omoyuri, but it is a higher ranked recruit and he would probably be the 4th PF/C on their roster. Kentucky was with 3 as of now.
I'm sure Nick Richards and their other bigs have plans to move on after this season but one other big landed by Kentucky, cannot hurt. Kentucky is also recruiting Makur Maker, who is also in the Top 15 overall for 2020 bigs.
I have heard sincere rumblings that Cliff Omoyuri and his recruitment is likely to follow the path of what most Top 50 to 75 players at his level, usually entails. And that presents some obvious hurdles for schools that are not in that realm of recruiting.
Cliff adding recent offers like Arizona, Maryland, South Carolina, Pitt among others, shouldn't give anyone the warm and fuzzies. But there are times where it just bears watching on where players ultimately do land.
I would expect Dante and Maker to commit to Kentucky, which may explain a recent crystal ball pick for RU by a national writer
.Dante probably commits in the next 48 hours and Maker later this year.
Let's see how Cliff Omoyuri and his recruitment progresses, but dominoes falling elsewhere will likely determine how long RU hangs around in this race.