According to CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish, the five-star combo guard form the Class of 2015 will commit to the Bulldogs and new head coach Ben Howland after it looked as though Kentucky was the frontrunner for much of his recruitment.
Class of 2015 star Malik Newman is planning to publicly commit later this week to play basketball at Mississippi State, multiple sources told CBSSports.com on Wednesday.
The announcement is expected Friday at 1 p.m. ET.
Granted, this is high-stakes recruiting, and Newman could ultimately reverse course for any number of reasons — and it should be noted that Kentucky coach John Calipari once actually flipped a recruit (Terrence Jones) after the recruit had already publicly committed to another school (Washington).