Malik Monk commits to Kentucky, John Calipari absolutely on fire

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Wildcats land third five-star prospect in less than a week.

Not a bad little 30 hours or so for Kentucky's John Calipari.

First, there was a commitment from Top 10 prospect Edrice "Bam" Adebayo on Tuesday morning. That was followed by an impressive 74-63 win over Duke at the United Center in Chicago yesterday evening.

Wednesday, the basketball world woke up to news of 247Sports Composite No. 6 overall prospect Malik Monk of Bentonville (Ark.) also committing to UK.



Monk, a 6-foot-4 guard, outlined his decision via Twitter:

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— Solo (@AhmadMonk) November 18, 2015

Trey Schaap of 103.7 The Buzz in Little Rock was among the first to report the development and stirred up a little controversy with the Razorbacks crowd while he was at it.

BREAKING: Malik Monk wanted to commit to Arkansas. His brother Marcus wouldn't let him because of "distractions." He will sign with Kentucky

— Trey Schaap (@trey1037TheBuzz) November 18, 2015

As a junior at Bentonville, Monk averaged 26.9 points per game en route to MaxPreps Junior All-American honors. He put up 50 in a January game at the Bass Pro Shops Tournament of Champions then outclassed the field in the dunk contest 45 minutes later.

Monk and Bentonville will participate in the MaxPreps Holiday Classic in late December.

In addition to Monk and Adebayo, the Wildcats have 2016 commitments from 6-4 point guard De'Aaron Fox, 6-10 forward Sacha Killeya-Jones and 6-9 forward Wenyen Gabriel – all Top 30 prospects.