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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The third try was a charm for Middle Tennessee head men's basketball coach Kermit Davis in the recruitment of forward Nick King.
The 6-foot-7, 225-pound forward first showed up on Davis' radar when he was a star for Memphis East High School. He averaged 24.4 points, 15.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.3 blocks per game while shooting 62 percent from the field as a senior in 2015, and ESPN ranked him as the No. 37 overall recruit in the country and second-best player in Tennessee.
Though Middle Tennessee was high on his list, King chose to stay at home and play his college ball at the University of Memphis.