Kentucky earns crystal ball prediction for Malachi Moreno

The North Carolina Tar Heels have seen another four-star recruit they were “hot” with on 247sports slip from their grasp. Great Crossing’s Malachi Moreno is the 26th player on their composite rankings.

He is also the second-best center in the Class of 2025 and the best player coming out of Indiana in the class originally from Georgetown, Indiana.

Currently, North Carolina only has four-star James Brown on the roster for this season at the center position and there are no committed center recruits in the class.

Moreno is set to warm up with seven other programs on 247sports, but there is only one other blue blood on the list. Kentucky is currently the school that has been selected by the crystal ball with a 100% chance of landing Moreno in the coming months.

247Sports’s @TravisBranham_ today put in a crystal ball for Kentucky for the services of 5-star center Malachi Moreno

Rim running, shot blocking big who would be a HUGE recruit for Mark Pope and the Cats@malachimoreno24

(Via:@RareFootageNews)

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— Basketball at all levels (@BasketballAAL) August 13, 2024

Moreno will visit all six of the eight “warm” programs over the next two months, arriving in Chapel Hill on September 13 and wrapping up his tour visits in Kentucky on October 11.

The crystal ball isn’t a hard commitment, so there’s still a chance for UNC to come back with a big visit. The Tar Heels could use a rim-protecting center like Moreno.

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