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Marques Bolden cuts list; New highlights of 5-star big man

One of the top recruits left in the 2016 class is now down to four schools.

By Jason Marcum

The Kentucky Wildcats may be on the verge of finishing off one of the greatest recruiting classes in program history.

That statement seems to be said annually for UK since John Calipari became head coach, but it's also been true as the Cats are routinely in the running for many of the nation's top high school prospects. That's no different this year with De'Aaron fox, Malik Monk, Bam Adebayo, Sacha Killeya-Jones and Wenyen Gabriel already signed.

Could five-star big man Marques Bolden be part of that haul?

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Bold has narrowed his list of schools in contention down to four finalists. The 6-11 DeSoto, Texas big man is deciding between the Duke Blue Devils, TCU Horned Frogs, Oklahoma Sooners and UK of course. This is viewed as a two-horse race between UK and Duke as Bolden appears set to make a decision in the coming weeks.

Courtside Films has released new highlights of the McDonald's All-American that show why he's so sought after:

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