5-star center Dereck Lively hosting coaches for recruiting visits this week

Posted Sep 8, 2021
Dereck Lively, the 7-foot-1, 5-star center from Westtown, Pa. will host several high-major basketball coaches this week when the recruiting period ramps back up. Lively will host Kentucky, Penn State, Michigan, and Duke between Thursday and Saturday. In June he released a top 7 of Kentucky, Duke, North Carolina, Michigan, Penn State, Florida State, and USC. (Zag's Blog)

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