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Tops sign highest-rated recruit in program history

Tuesday night the WKU men's basketball team announced the signing of its highest-ever ranked recruit as 6'11, 215-pound five-star center Mitchell Robinson officially became a Hilltopper.

Robinson, who committed to play at WKU back on Wednesday, June 29, joins the Toppers out of Chalmette (Louisiana) High School,

The big presence is a consensus five-star recruit across all recruiting networks and is ranked as the No. 4 prospect nationally in the 2017 class by 247Sports.com and No. 6 by Rivals.com and Scout.com.

247Sports also rates Robinson as the top center prospect in the country and the No.