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When you know, you know. And Malachi Moreno can point to the exact moment he did, the realization he would be staying home to play for Mark Pope as a Kentucky Wildcat. The nation’s No. 1 overall center was down to eight finalists at that point with Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio State seen as the contenders — the Cats and Hoosiers considered the favorites with the former trending ahead down the stretch. Then Moreno took an unofficial visit to Lexington with his brother, Eastern Kentucky basketball legend Michael Moreno. There, Pope showed them around the facilities in what would hopefully be the t…

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