Alabama seeing four-star small forward Kimani Hamilton

Alabama Crimson Tide assistant coach Antoine Pettway is visiting 2022 four-star Clinton (Miss.) forward Kimani Hamilton today, according to On3 Social Media National Recruiting Expert Joe Tipton.

The 6-foot-8 Hamilton recently hosted Creighton and Ole Miss on Sept. 9, and he’s taken visits to Alabama, Ole Miss and Mississippi State, with return trips to Tuscaloosa and Oxford scheduled next month.

Hamilton recently narrowed down to a top five from more than a dozen offers: Alabama, Creighton, Mississippi State, Ole Miss and Georgetown. Mississippi State is thought to be the leader at this point, but Alabama is making a serious push with the expectation they can get him on campus for an official visit soon.

As a junior last season, he led Clinton to the Mississippi 6A boys basketball championship as he averaged 17 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.4 blocks. After missing the 2020 EYBL circuit, he suited up for Team Thad and averaged 5.1 points and 2.8 rebounds while shooting 50 percent from the field.