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Keith Booth (born October 9, 1974 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a former professional basketball player. Booth played his college basketball at the University of Maryland from 1994 to 1997.

Heavily recruited by Coach Gary Williams, he was the first player from Baltimore City in many years to play for Maryland. After the forced resignation of Williams' predecessor, Bob Wade, due to NCAA violations, a boycott of the university was put in place by the high-school coaches in Baltimore. Because of this boycott, many star high-school players avoided Maryland as a choice to play their college ball. This was due to the fact that many in the city felt that Wade, a former coach at Baltimore's Dunbar High School for many years, was mistreated by a university that they still felt was a racist institution. In becoming one of the members of Maryland's 1993 recruiting class, Booth broke the ice, and the school once again had access to talent-rich Baltimore City.

Booth was the Chicago Bulls' first-pick (28th overall) in the 1997 NBA Draft, and he played two seasons with the Bulls. In 2004, he returned to his alma mater to become an assistant coach under Coach Williams.

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