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Marvin Bagley III, the consensus No. 1 prospect in the Class of 2018, has scheduled a visit to UCLA for next month, a source confirmed to CBS Sports on Friday.

The 6-foot-10 forward has already visited Duke, is currently visiting USC and will visit Arizona next week. The UCLA visit will follow the Arizona visit, a source told CBS Sports. ESPN recruiting analyst Paul Biancardi tweeted Friday that the specific dates for the UCLA visit will be Aug. 10-12. And Scout.com's Evan Daniels subsequently confirmed what CBS Sports reported earlier this month -- that Bagley is exploring the possibility of reclassifying and playing college basketball this season. He has now filed paperwork with the NCAA to potentially do so, according to Daniels' report.

Bagley is a five-star, highly-skilled athlete from Arizona who attends school in California at Sierra Canyon High, which is 23 miles from UCLA's campus and 28 miles from USC's campus. And his father, Marvin Bagley Jr., is from Durham, N.C. -- the point being that there are geographical ties to each of the four universities Bagley is believed to be seriously considering.

If Bagley successfully graduates early, he would then become eligible for the 2018 NBA Draft regardless of whether the NCAA clears him to play college basketball. Multiple scouts have told CBS Sports that he would, if available, immediately shoot to the top of their big boards -- above Michael Porter Jr., DeAndre Ayton, Luka Doncic and everybody else already set to be in next year's NBA Draft.