Chris Livingston cuts list to four, includes Kentucky

Kentucky remains in the running for five-star forward Chris Livingston.

Livingston, a 6-foot-7 small forward out of Akron, Ohio, has trimmed his list down to four schools leading up to his October commitment. Kentucky, Memphis, Tennessee State and Georgetown made the final cut, with the G League also still in consideration.

He cut Alabama, Florida, Kansas, LSU, North Carolina, Ohio State, and Overtime Elite from his previous list.

On3’s Joe Tipton was the first to break the news.

Travis Graf of Cats Illustrated reported this week that Livingston will host the Kentucky coaching staff for an in-home visit on Sept. 9. He will then take an official visit to Memphis on Sept. 17-19.

The five-star forward is scheduled to announce his commitment on his birthday, Oct. 15.

Livingston received a scholarship offer from Kentucky back on May 18 and followed it up with an official visit on June 18.

“Well, geographically I love where it’s at because I have family in Kentucky and they were able to be with me on the visit,” he said of his trip to Lexington, via Sports Illustrated’s Jason Jordan. “Coach (John) Calipari is a great person. You just wouldn’t think he’d be that cool because he’s a legend in basketball, but he’s very easy to talk to and just a guy you want to be around.”

As for Calipari’s pitch, Livingston says the school’s name, image and likeness presentation was impressive and he enjoyed watching practice, among other highlights.

“Their plan is cool, he said the system doesn’t change but they change you to be ready for the next level,” Livingston told Sports Illustrated. “They’re all about preparation for the NBA there. They talked a lot about NIL a lot and what they’d have to offer there. I got to see them in practice and that was very intense. He really broke down to me how the dribble-drive offense works and how it would benefit me. Then the fanbase is probably the No. 1 with the effect they have on social media and in person.

“They love their basketball players there. The coaches really were on me hard telling me how bad they wanted me there. I enjoyed everything about it.”

Livingston is the No. 4 overall prospect and No. 1 ranked small forward in the On3‘s latest player rankings for the class of 2022.

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