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BDN’s Monday Musings – Quinn Cook, Ryan Kelly, the Plums, Rasheed Sualimon, Julius Randle
Most people are adjusting back to a normal routine after the holidays, but I found myself quite busy covering two Duke Basketball games and three days worth of high school prospects. In fact, I’ll finally make it back to the gym today, but only after another edition of Monday Musings. 17 assists, 0 turnovers During [...]
Countdown to CTC #2 – Austin Rivers
Another day closer to Countdown to Craziness which kicks off the Duke Basketball season. Today, I would like to talk about the Blue Devils sensational freshman, Austin Rivers. As many of you know, I am always on the road at AAU events in early spring and summer, so let me share some of what I saw [...]
St. Pats Knocks Off Winter Park Despite 38 Points from Austin Rivers
ORLANDO – While many in the media were billing this game as Austin Rivers vs. Michael Gilchrist — understandably salivating at a matchup between the country’s top two high school seniors — St. Patrick’s fought their way into the win column by exploiting nearly a team-wide size advantage. Austin Rivers came out of the gate [...]
Austin Rivers Drops 35 on University and talks Duke Basketball with BDN Video
ORLANDO – In their final tune-up before facing #2-ranked St. Patrick, #21 Winter Park defeated unranked University on Thursday night. Duke-bound senior Austin Rivers dominated the attention and the action, finishing with 35 points and 9 rebounds as several cameraman shadowed his every move. He shot 12-19 from the field, 1-6 from long range, and [...]
Duke Set For Their In Home Visit With Standout Talent Austin Rivers
Coach Mike Krzyzewski and assistant coach Chris Collins will head to Florida later today where they’ll have their in home visit with the River family. They are there of course for the services of Austin Rivers a prospect they have pursued since he opened his recruitment back up. Rivers is one of the consensus top [...]
BDN checks in with Austin Rivers at the Elite 24
VENICE BEACH – Highly sought after rising senior, Austin Rivers, was recently ranked as the #1 prospect in the 2011 class by Rivals. After having a busy summer playing for USA Basketball, and bringing home the gold, the rising senior gets a chance to end his summer with a bit of fun out in Venice [...]
Rivers setting up visits to Duke and UNC
VENICE BEACH – According to BDN correspondent Varand Khachadauri, Austin Rivers will visit Duke and UNC in October. There is more going on behind the scenes at the Boost Mobile Elite 24 event in California and our guy will be in the thick of things all week long. Already, BDN has secured interviews with top prospects [...]