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Michael Gbinije talks about his verbal to Duke
The Duke Blue Devils received a verbal commitment from Michael Gbinije, the 20th rated prospect in the Class of 2011 by Prep Stars. Gbinije is a solid addition for Duke making him the first player in the 2011 class to commit. Gbinije is a 6-6 WF who plays his high school basketball for Benedictine in [...]
BDN Premium – Amile Jefferson talks recruiting
One of the top players in the class of 2012 is Amile Jefferson of Philadelphia, PA, Friends Central High School. Jefferson stands 6-6 and weighs in around 190 pounds. Jefferson’s versatility and upside has college coaches jockeying for position as he starts to take a serious look at the process. In a our conversation, Jefferson [...]
Rivers tallies 41 points to lead his team in front of Coach K
Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski is a busy man these days and the reasons are quite simple. His team is fighting for the ACC regular season title with a huge game coming up against Virginia Tech, a team with the leagues second best record this Sunday.
Despite the coming match up and the fact that Duke just [...]
One on One with prospect Desmond Hubert
BDN Premuim – Desmond Hubert is a 6’9” young man from New Egypt, New Jersey. In early November, he visited the Duke campus and took in an exhibition game as part of a series of unofficial visits. In front of coaches from UConn, Pittsburgh, and Villanova, the thin, junior big man played in the closing [...]
One on One with Future Blue Devil Kyrie Irving
BDN Premium -Since formally making the announcement that he was going to commit to Duke University on ESPNU, the nearly 6’3” point guard from West Orange, New Jersey has acted in a production of “High School Musical,” seen his aspiration of a mythical national championship vanish in a last second missed free throw against a [...]
Veteran talent analyst Tom Konchalski talks Duke Basketball Recruits
At 6’6,” Tom Konchalski would stand out in any crowd, but, even among the pituitary cases dotting the hardwood courts, he is revered and respected for his candor, integrity, kindness, and eye for talent. His vise-like handshake and words of encouragement are a rite of passage for nearly every major U.S.-born high school basketball player. [...]
BDN talks Duke Basketball Recruiting with Prep Stars’ Rob Harrington
I sat down with Prep Stars’ Rob Harrington to get his thoughts on Duke Basketball Recruiting. In our conversation, Rob breaks down what he likes about the kids Duke already has locked in with verbal commitments and covers prospects as well. We talk about Kyrie Irving to Quincy Miller and Austin Rivers and then backtrack [...]
BDN chats with future Duke Blue Devil Kyrie Irving
Springfield, Mass – The Blue Devil Nation’s Andrew Slater was on hand to cover the HoopHall Classic in Springfield, Massachusetts this past Monday where Kyrie Irving and company were participating. Irving, of course, is Duke’s point guard of the future and Blue Devil fans anxiously await his arrival in late July when he [...]
BDN’s Duke Basketball Recruiting Update
With all the questions surrounding where Duke will seriously look to fill another spot in the class of 2010, I decided to break it down as it stands today. First off Roscoe Smith is a Sorry, but you must become a premium subscriber to view the rest of this post.
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BDN Premium – Josh Hairston talks of his season, Duke, Ross, Irving and more
BDN Premium caught up with future Blue Devil Josh Hairston who discussed his season to date with Montrose Christian, his improvement and some of the hot names in recruiting of late like Terrence Ross . He touches on playing with Kyrie Irving and Andre Dawkins as well in an in depth audio interview. This Sorry, [...]
BDN Premium – Duke Basketball Team and Recruiting Update
As many of you are aware, the Duke Men’s Basketball staff has been very active on the road of late, but they will now take a break to spend time with their families. Just about all of the Blue Devils players are at home with their families for the Holiday season. We will be [...]
Duke Basketball is hitting recruiting trail during the break
The Duke Men’s Basketball team will have been off for ten days before facing Gardner Webb but that doesn’t mean the staff hasn’t been hard at work on the recruiting trail. As I said in an earlier post Duke will attend Roscoe Smith’s game Sorry, but you must become a premium subscriber to view the [...]