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Top-150 basketball star Michael Nwoko picks Hurricanes over Georgia Tech, UCLA

The Hurricanes picked up the first commitment in their 2023 basketball on Thursday.

Four-star prospect Michael Nwoko, from Prolific Prep in Napa, California, chose Miami over offers from nearly two dozen other teams, including Georgia Tech, Providence and Vanderbilt. He announced his choice on 247Sports’ YouTube channel.

“It just felt like home,” Nwoko said on the broadcast. “Coach [Larrañaga] is a great coach, Hall of Fame coach. I felt like I could fit in his system well. So I thought that was the main thing that influenced my decision.”

Nwoko, a 6-foot-10, 225-pound center, is listed as the No.