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Kentucky target Xavier Booker discusses recruitment, rise in rankings

Jack Pilgrim

KSR

2023 five-star forward Xavier Booker has exploded in the rankings, jumping from fringe top-100 status all the way into the top 10. Standing 6-foot-11, 215 pounds, the Cathedral (IN) star is one of the most skilled and versatile bigs in high school basketball, earning offers and interest from seemingly every high-profile school in the nation.

Among them? You guessed it, the Kentucky Wildcats, who have begun ramping up contact in recent weeks, led by John Calipari and Orlando Antigua.

The top-10 prospect participated in the Titans-Rockets Summer Shootout in Shelbyville, Kentucky this weekend, where UK assistant K.