Kentucky Wildcats Basketball Battling Pitt’s Duke Alum for Derek Dixon…..

D.C. four-star guard Derek Dixon will announce his decision at 3 p.m. ET next Friday, his 18th birthday. Back in late July, UNC basketball head coach Hubert Davis and his staff landed in the surging senior prospect’s top six, along with Vanderbilt, Arizona, Syracuse, Virginia, and Pitt.

“I’ve developed a good relationship with Coach Davis and Coach [Jeff] Lebo,” Dixon, a 6-foot-3, 190-pound crafty backcourt sensation who ranks No. 47 overall on the 247Sports 2025 Composite, recently told 247Sports’ Dushawn London, “and they’re preaching they need a replacement for RJ Davis and potentially Elliot Cadeau if he goes pro.”

According to Finkelstein, the Tar Heels are now in Dixon’s final four, along with Virginia, Vanderbilt, and Pitt, heading into the final week of his recruitment