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Kentucky adds to top-rated recruiting class with late commitment

Kentucky v North Carolina

MEMPHIS, TN - MARCH 26: Head coach John Calipari of the Kentucky Wildcats reacts in the first half against the North Carolina Tar Heels during the 2017 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament South Regional at FedExForum on March 26, 2017 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo byKevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

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Kentucky landed a commitment from former California signee Jemarl Baker on Tuesday.

Baker is a 6-foot-3 sharpshooter with a reputations for being one of the best catch-and-shoot players in the class. That fills the major weakness on Kentucky’s roster. But he’s also a borderline top 100 prospect. How much time will he see in a perimeter rotation that will be as loaded as usual?

Baker is the seventh member of Kentucky recruiting class that already includes five-star prospects Hamidou Diallo (who enrolled in January), Jarred Vanderbilt, P.J. Washington, Nick Richard and Quade Green and four-star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.