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Boost Mobile Elite 24 Recap
VENICE BEACH – From the concrete jungle of New York to the sunny beaches of L.A, the Boost Mobile Elite 24 concluded the summers AAU schedule with an All-Star game in Venice Beach. While we didn’t have Billy Hoyle and Sidney Deane running the courts, we did have the top 24 high school prospects in [...]
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 [...]
BDN gets answers to burning questions from Austin Rivers during our coverage of the Nike Peach Jam
Austin Rivers was the morning’s high scorer with 29 points during the first day of the Nike EYBL Peach Jam in Augusta, South Carolina, Recent diary entries brought about a lot of questions and Duke and UNC fans wanted answers. Well, BDN wasted little time in acquiring them right away. Check out the following lengthy [...]
USA Basketball is Gold
USA Basketball has been Gold this summer. Gold as in winning the Gold Medal at the FIBA U17 World Championship in Hamburg, Germany, and at the FIBA Americas U18 tournament which was held in San Antonio, TX.
The USA U17 team went a perfect 8-0 in Hamburg wrapping up the Gold Medal, on July 11th, [...]
Duke Basketball Recruiting Update – the latest on the red hot AAU trail awaits
The Duke Men’s Basketball staff is in route to several locations today where they’ll evaluate the countries top prospects. Coach Nate James will board a flight to Germany this afternoon where he will follow Team USA. His main focus will be on Quinn Cook, a PG prospect which you have surely heard a lot of [...]
Future Blue Devils Kyrie Irving and Josh Hairston make Team USA squad
Two future Duke Blue Devils were named to the Team USA U-18 roster earlier this afternoon. Duke’s point guard of the future Kryie Irving and Virginia native Josh Hairston were named to the final roster after participating in the trials.
“When I heard my name it was a big relief, just the amount of talent that [...]
The latest on Duke prospect Austin Rivers
LOS ANGELES – As legendary scout Tom Konchalski said, “there’s no one in high school basketball who has a better skill set, regardless of position.”
Austin Rivers has been Duke’s top target in 2010 for quite some time. His games have been the best attended and some of the more entertaining ones of this AAU season. [...]
The latest on Duke Basketball Recruiting from BDN Premium
BDN takes a look at how things are going on the recruiting front in our latest detailed update. If you want to know who the Blue Devils are seriously interested in and their likely strategy, read on. Join BDN Premium for full site access and be there every step of the way as we cover [...]
BDN Exclusive – Tom Konchalski shares his thoughts on Duke prospects
Tom Konchalski, the publisher and editor of High School Basketball Illustrated, has been covering high school basketball for more than thirty-five years. The 6′6″ sexagenarian, with an eidetic memory, is a McDonald’s All-American voter and a ubiquitous presence on the summer AAU circuit. He generously spoke with Blue Devil Nation recently about one dozen Duke [...]
Duke Basketball Recruiting is Alive and Well
DURHAM – Well, there is nothing like going into summer with a national championship in tow for Duke fans and the program. It’s amazing how many positives come out when you are the last team standing. One of the first and most important things is how a title helps with recruiting. The Blue Devils coaches [...]
The latest on Duke prospect Austin Rivers
One of the most coveted players in the class of 2011 is Austin Rivers, the son of Glenn “Doc” Rivers who coaches the NBA’s Boston Celtics.
Rivers is an outstanding talent and he fits the Duke system in the way he plays. He mentions that Duke gives its guards free rein in our interview and [...]
Duke prospect Austin Rivers opens up about the recruiting process
HAMPTON – Blue Devil Nation Premium caught up to Austin Rivers during the opening night of the Nike EYBL developmental camp in Hampton, Virginia. Rivers opened up about the recruiting process and his recent decision to de-commit from Florida in this lengthy interview – Sorry, but you must become a premium subscriber to view the [...]