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As part of pitch for Olivier Sarr to stay, new Wake Forest coach takes shot at Kentucky

The Courier Journal's Dominique Yates and Jon Hale talk about Kentucky big man Nick Richards and how his improvement helped his potential NBA career. Louisville Courier Journal

LEXINGTON - Kentucky is not the only basketball program that wants Wake Forest center Olivier Sarr.

The 7-foot French center recently announced he would consider transferring from Wake Forest after former Demon Deacons coach Danning Manning was fired. New Wake Forest coach Steve Forbes is not giving up on keeping Sarr in his program though.

"The biggest thing I told him was, you’re in a new place with a new coach no matter what," Forbes said in an interview with WSJS radio, recounting his 2-hour conversation with Sarr over the weekend.