Bad news on the recruiting front as primary 2007 power forward target and Jodie Meeks' teammate Gani Lawal is set to announce his college choice on Thursday.  As Lawal has only visited one campus (Georgia Tech), it is hard to imagine him announcing for any other school. 

Tough blow to UK's recruiting as they were high on this guy. 

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