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Michigan basketball makes it official by signing George Washington III, Papa Kante

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The Wolverines waited one day to announce it, but Michigan basketball did ink both of its recent four-star commitments during Wednesday's early signing day, Papa Kante and George Washington III.

Kante, a 6-foot-10 center rated the No. 107 prospect according to 247sports composite ranking from Connecticut was born and raised in Senegal before he moved to the states for high school in 2019. He is the fourth international signing for Michigan in the past four years joining Franz Wagner (2019-20; Germany), Moussa Diabate' (2021-22; France) and Youssef Khayat (2022-23; Lebanon).