Keita is rated a three-star prospect and the nation’s No. 22 center by Rivals.com. At No. 145 overall, he’s the first of Mizzou’s five commitments to rank among Rivals’ top 150 players for the 2021 class. Keita also holds offers from St. Louis University, Iowa, Iowa State and West Virginia, among others. He took an unofficial visit to Kansas before the NCAA issued its lengthy recruiting dead period. Michigan has also shown interest.
Keita averaged 8.0 points per game and shot 51.2 percent for the Spartans as a junior, but his offensive game is still developing. He specializes on the defensive end and on the glass. He averaged 9.2 rebounds per game last season.
“He’s started basically every game for us going into his fourth year,” Williams said. “He started for me as freshman, and he’s just learned the game and gotten better and better each year. The one thing he always brings is high energy, a high motor. And he rebounds. He’s not afraid to rebound out of his area and go…
