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http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100...o-Kentucky

Anthony Davis, a 6-foot-10 forward from Chicago who is considered one of the most promising big men in the country, has committed to play basketball at the University of Kentucky

Rivals.com lists Davis as the No. 8 player in the Class of 2011 and Scout.com lists him as the third-best power forward.

The commitment gives Kentucky coach John Calipari another potential powerhouse recruiting class for 2011. Already committed are New Jersey 6-6 forward Michael Gilchrist and Indianapolis 6-2 point guard Marquis Teague.

Gilchrist is ranked the No.1 player in the 2011 class by Rivals. Teague is No. 5.

Davis has had a meteoric rise in the ranks of prospects. He has grown 10 inches since the end of his sophomore year to become one of the nation’s top big men.

“Rarely is there a situation with a kid where you can say the sky is the limit and it truly is the limit,” Scout.com national analyst Dave Telep said. “At the rate he has grown and at the rate he has progressed, he just has a much higher ceiling than anyone else in the country.”

Davis got little notice by college coaches playing for Perspectives MSA in Chicago – a co-op team that plays in a lower-level league and went 8-15 last year.

He got his first real exposure when he shot to 6-10 and began playing on the Meanstreets traveling club team this spring.