Four-star Southern California forward Nik Khamenia listed Arizona among his top five choices and has scheduled a visit to Tucson on Aug. 30-31, during the Wildcats' Hall of Fame weekend.
Khamenia, who played for UA coach Tommy Lloyd on USA Basketball's U18 team earlier this summer, also listed Duke, North Carolina, Gonzaga and UCLA as his finalists.
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According to On3, Khamenia scheduled UA for Aug. 31, North Carolina for Sept. 6 and Duke for Sept. 13 while 247 has him scheduled to visit Gonzaga on Oct. 6.
During the Section 7 event at Glendale in June, Khamenia said when he did narrow things down, his relationships with coaches would matter.
โThose are the people youโre gonna be with every single day,โ Khamenia said. โTheyโre gonna be your second family. So it matters a lot.โ
A 6-7 forward for Harvard-Westlake High School in Studio City, Calif., Khamenia averaged 7.7 points and 6.3 rebounds while shooting 38.5% from 3-point range in USA's six-game run to the gold medal in the FIBA U18 AmeriCup at Buenos Aires, Argentina, in early June. Lloyd served as head coach of that USA team.
