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Michael Porter Jr. lists Mizzou as a finalist

COLUMBIA, Mo. • Michael Porter Jr., rated the nation's No. 2 basketball recruit in the 2017 class, trimmed his list of choices from 10 to five this week.

And while most figure Mizzou’s chances disappeared when his father accepted a coaching position at University of Washington, the Tigers made the latest cut, along with Indiana, Oklahoma, Virginia and Washington.

Porter, fresh off leading Columbia's Tolton Catholic High School to the Missouri Class 3 championship, soon will move with his family to Seattle where Michael Porter Sr. has joined Lorenzo Romar’s coaching staff with the Huskies.