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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. [...]
Shabazz Muhammad looking forward to a return trip to Duke
The nation’s top player, 2012 Shabazz Muhammad, was back for his second trip to the Boost Mobile Elite 24. Last year Muhammad was one of the few juniors selected to the team, and this year he is one of the veterans of the competition. It was never a surprise that Muhammad would have a return [...]
Julius Randle Follow Up Interview
LOS ANGELES – Speed, athleticism, size, strength, and basketball IQ. Usually college coaches fight tooth and nail over a prospect that may have 2 or 3 of these attributes, in hopes of landing the next big thing, but when they find one that possesses all of these qualities they are sure to fall head over [...]
BDN’s Pango’s Camp Recap – Shabazz Muhammad shines
LOS ANGELES – Just a week after the Nike EYBL, Los Angeles got another taste of some of the nation’s top high school basketball prospects during the Pango’s All American Camp. In comparison to last weekend there wasn’t the same depth of Duke prospects, but this was still a field with a lot of talent [...]
BDN catches up with Rasheed Sulaimon in L.A.
LOS ANGELES – Duke started off hot with their 2012 recruiting class in February, picking up two five star commitments in Rasheed Sulaimon and Alex Murphy all in a week’s span. Since then, Alex has graduated early and is now coming to Duke with the 2011 class leaving Rasheed as the sole 2012 commit. Rasheed [...]
BDN Premium Follow Up Interview with Tony Parker
LOS ANGELES – Not many players have won three state titles, let alone only in three years. Not many players have the opportunity to say they are playing for a fourth state title. 2012 big man Tony Parker can say these things and this upcoming high school season he and his Miller Grove team will [...]
Recruiting Focus – Jabari Parker
LOS ANGELES – When scanning the country for the top hot beds of talent in hoops’ we often think of New York, Los Angeles, Indiana, the DMV area, and of course Chicago. Some of the biggest names in hoops have come from The Windy City such as current NBA finalist and NBA Champion Dwyane Wade, [...]
EYBL Session 3 Recap – Duke prospects aplenty
For many, Memorial Day Weekend is a time of remembrance, family, friends, and grilling. But for recruiting junkies this is a time to catch the top prospects in the nation battle it out. For the second straight year Nike ran its new EYBL, Elite Youth Basketball League. The league hosts three sessions starting in Hampton, [...]
Tony Parker tells BDN Duke has offered
From Elton Brand to Carlos Boozer to perhaps maybe Tony Parker? The 6’9 278 lbs big man from Georgia is as talented as they come. Major programs all over the country are recruiting him for his services and one lucky program will land not only a fine player but a fine young man as well. [...]
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 [...]