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Wayne Selden: Power Guard
Blessed with a preternatural ability to score, Wayne Selden is a strapping 6’5″ power guard from the Tilton School of New Hampshire. Although he’s been playing varsity basketball since he was a seventh grader in his native Roxbury, Massachusetts, he announced his arrival as a reclassified freshman last season when he scored twenty-six points and [...]
Stanley Johnson: All-American
Stanley Johnson, a 6’6″ wing from Mater Dei, has experienced quite a bit in the past year. As a freshman, the Fullerton native helped the Monarchs of Mater Dei win their eighth state title, grabbing fifteen rebounds in the state title game against De La Salle. Johnson was named a MaxPreps Freshman All-American. Last June, [...]
In depth interview with Duke prospect Amile Jefferson
Amile Jefferson is a versatile, cerebral Philadelphia forward with a decision that is day-to-day. That decision has been heightened by the fact that the current accelerated recruiting process leaves, as early as mid-January, a very limited number of high-caliber forwards currently available. At 6’7″ and blessed with enough athleticism, skill, and quality grades that he [...]
BDN Hoop Hall Reports – Several Duke Prospects showing off their games
BDN Recruiting Analyst, Andrew Slater is covering the Hoop Hall Classic in Springfield, Massachusetts where several key Duke prospects are playing through Monday. While he is sharing a bit of information on our twitter site, he is sharing a whole lot more to Blue Devil Nation Premium members on the message board as it happens. He [...]
BDN College Football Picks – The Final Week!
Well, we took one on the collective chin last week as it was upset city in the top 25. With rivalry week upon us, anything can happen and the coveted BDN inaugural pick’em championship is still up for grabs. 1. Andrew 2. Bob -1 3. Patrick -3 T-4. Mark -6 T-4. Guest -6 With the [...]
Cincinnati Bengals’ LB Vincent Rey picks against the BDN Staff in Week 12
Andrew Slater added to his lead last week and finds himself with a two game cushion heading into the final two weeks of the college football season. With ten tough games each week, it’s still anybody’s ball game, but time is running out. 1. Andrew Slater 2. Bob Green -2 T-3. Patrick Cacchio -5 T-3. [...]
BDN Coverage begins today – Davidson game, Georgia Tech football game, National Prep Showcase and Maui Invitational
BDN is about to begin it’s coverage of many events and I will be heading to Cameron Indoor Stadium shortly as Coach Mike Krzyzewski makes his first appearance since winning #903. As always, we’ll be tweeting from press row to bring you colorful tidbits. After the game, we’ll have some interviews up as well, so [...]
A Blue Devil Nation Update With New Hampton’s Noah Vonleh
Noah Vonleh, who has developed a reputation as a tireless worker, enrolled as a student at the New Hampton School in New Hampshire last month as a 2014 student. Vonlehwas looking to challenge himself in arguably the toughest high school league in the country, the NEPSAC, and in the smaller classrooms, while enjoying the accessibility [...]
Chris McCullough: New York’s Future On A Connecticut Court
If deployed properly, basketball can be used as a passport to take one beyond the station that one is born into. It can open up doors to a young person unlike few things in life. Adults will fly you around the country, give you meals in restaurants, help you with your school work, and offer [...]
BDN’s Duke Basketball Team and Recruiting Update – the original!
Duke Football is just now entering the meat of its season but in the Gothic Wonderland anticipation for basketball has already started in that Countdown to Craziness is just around the corner. Actually, the fact of the matter is that basketball is a 24/7 thing at Duke due to their outrageous success under Coach K. [...]
Leadership In Training: An Interview With Miles Plumlee
Blessed with a reported thirty-six inch vertical, a 6’11,” 247 lb. frame, and the mind of a high school salutatorian, Miles Plumlee is a rare specimen. On a relatively young squad, Miles, a twenty-three year-old third generation college basketball player, has started more games, forty-one, than any current Duke player. The team will need him [...]
Speed Trap: The Kasey Hill Interview
This coming year Kasey Hill, a 6’1″ Umatilla, Florida scoring point guard, will have a pair of significant additions to his Montverde Academy (FL) program. Kevin Boyle and Dakari Johnsonhave traded New Jersey winters for Floridian humidity. Boyle, who coached Kyrie Irving, the former Blue Devil guard and the NBA’s number one overall draft pick, [...]