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Indiana Basketball: 2020 five-star big man set to cut his list

By Alec Lasley

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - APRIL 08: A view of the official game ball in the basket prior to the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game between the Virginia Cavaliers and the Texas Tech Red Raiders at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - APRIL 08: A view of the official game ball in the basket prior to the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game between the Virginia Cavaliers and the Texas Tech Red Raiders at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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One Indiana basketball target is set to cut his list in the coming weeks and the Hoosiers are hoping to make it into his top schools.

It is one of the more relatively quiet recruitments of the spring and summer, and the Indiana basketball program is hoping they made enough of an impression on five-star forward Dawson Garcia to make his updated list.

Garcia is set to make an update to his list in the coming weeks and has schools such as North Carolina, Kansas, Kentucky and Duke heavily in his ear as of late. Other schools that have made an early impression on the big man are Marquette, Texas, and Baylor, all three of which received a junior year official visit from Garcia.

The Minnesota native does have a bit in common with the Indiana program. He currently plays for D1 Minnesota on the Adidas Gauntlet, former AAU team of current Hoosier Race Thompson. While Indiana has been in contact with Garcia for months, with the Blue Bloods involved in his recruitment, the Hoosiers may be one of a couple of teams vying for one of the last spots on his list.

One school that should be included on the list is Kentucky, despite still not officially extending an offer. Regardless of an offer or not, Garcia has had good things to say about the Wildcats.

"“My level of interest right now is high,” he said. “It’s a great program, they get guys to the league right away. When they came to my school and talked to me, they were like, “Yeah, Kentucky is not for everybody, and that’s true. It shows that if you go to Kentucky, you have to just love basketball or life is going to be a living hell for you.”"

Being from Minnesota, the Gophers have received multiple unofficial visits from the 6-foot-10 big man. Staying home means something to him as well.

"“Well, obviously, being close to my family and all that. They can go to all my games as well as I can really go to the gym whenever I want, play open runs, just kind of being with the coaches. So it’s just cool that it’s close to my house and all that. They’ve been having some success here in the past couple years, so that’s appealing as well.”"

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While Garcia still has a few weeks left of his AAU season, look for his list to come out shortly after, with visits being set up throughout the fall.

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