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UNC Basketball: Walker Kessler resolves to Tar Heels

The North Carolina Tar Heels have added to their 2020 selecting class in a major manner.

Only hours after his official visit to North Carolina finished on Sunday, five-star focus Walker Kessler reported that he will be a Tar Heel. The Georgia item formally dedicated to UNC per 247 Sports lead selecting expert Evan Daniels, settling on that choice late Sunday night.

The Tar Heels had the option to prevail over individual finalists Duke, Michigan, Gonzaga, Arizona, and Cal to arrive him. Many idea the Blue Devils were the top picks in his enrollment, taking a visit to Durham toward the beginning of September and Michigan in August.

Be that as it may, when it came time for the Tar Heels to host, they prevailed upon him.

Kessler has gone through the previous multi day on campus for his official visit alongside five-star point watch Caleb Love. The two were facilitated by a group of basketball players, taking in a football game toward the afternoon and hanging time with players and meeting with mentors the remainder of the time.

When it was altogether said and done, UNC simply seemed well and good for Kessler and he wasted no time submitting.

The commitment of Kessler allows UNC their subsequent five-star enroll in the 2020 class as he joins individual focus Day’Ron Sharpe. With the two focuses committed, Kessler will probably assume the role of power forward as he has better go into all out attack mode game.

The 6-foot-10, 225-pound Kessler has magnificent range for a major man giving UNC a major scoring alternative in the paint just as enabling him to play outside if necessary. He’s positioned as the No. 15 in general enroll in the 247 Sports’ rankings and now knocks the Tar Heels up inside the Top 10 for team rankings.

Going into his enlistment, it was believed that the Duke Blue Devils were the leaders to arrive Kessler and that UNC would need to work superbly on this visit. It shows up as though they did and won out at last.