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Kai Sotto makes unofficial visit to Georgia Tech as DePaul coach drops by

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The chase for Kai Sotto continues.

Days after receiving an unofficial invite from John Calipari to University of Kentucky, the 7-foot-2 Filipino big man went to Georgia Tech, Thursday morning (Manila time).

Unlike Kentucky, Yellow Jackets head coach Josh Pastner went all-out with his pitch, even printing a souvenir that had the 17-year-old above the city’s skyline with a Georgia Tech jersey on.GEORGIA-TECH-KAI-SOTTO-SOUVENIR-150x150 Kai Sotto makes unofficial visit to Georgia Tech as DePaul coach drops by Basketball News - philippine sports news

To close out his trip to the campus, Sotto and Pastner posed for a picture, with the former wearing a Georgia Tech no. 24 jersey.NCAA-RECRUITMENT-KAI-SOTTO-depaul Kai Sotto makes unofficial visit to Georgia Tech as DePaul coach drops by Basketball News - philippine sports news
Later in the day, DePaul head coach Dave Leitao visited Sotto’s home in Atlanta, Georgia, as he is arranging an official visit for the second-generation cager to their Chicago campus.

Sotto is currently rated as a four-star recruit by ESPN and is 76th overall in the class of 2020.

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