After hosting Theo Pinson and Harry Giles last week for the North Carolina game, the Duke basketball coaching staff will host another prospect this week as 2014 shooting guard Devin Booker comes to Durham for an unofficial visit.
Booker—a 6-foot-4 sharpshooter that hails from Moss Point, Miss.—is the No. 19 player overall in the class of 2014, according to ESPN.
Booker is a prospect who has seen his recruitment pick up considerably over the past few months. More and more schools are joining the party as his stock continues to rise during his junior campaign.
Many expect Booker to receive a scholarship offer from head coach Mike Krzyzewski and his staff during the visit.
While in the Triangle area this weekend, Booker will unofficially visit North Carolina too.
Here are some highlights of Booker on the AAU circuit over the summer:
The rosters for the 2013 McDonald’s All-American game were released last week. Duke recruits Jabari Parker and Matt Jones will suit up for the West team on April 3 in Chicago. The prestigious high school all-star game takes place in Parker's hometown. The future Duke wing talked about the McDonald's All-American game on ESPN last week.
Jones and Parker were also selected to play in the Jordan Brand All-Star game on April 13 in Brooklyn, New York.
The Blue Devil coaching staff's third recruit in 2013—swingman Semi Ojeleye—did not receive an invitation to play in either all-star game. The 6-foot-7 forward, however, is chasing history: the all-time career scoring mark of 2,554 points in the state of Kansas.
After scoring 20 points over the weekend, Ojeleye is just 18 points away from the record.
Duke target Tyus Jones—the No. 1 point guard in the class of 2014—will take an unofficial visit to Kansas this weekend.
In other recruiting news: The college basketball world continues to attentively follow the escalating recruitment of Andrew Wiggins—the No. 1 player in the class of 2013.
A tremendously gifted 6-foot-7 athlete, Wiggins' recruitment has huge implications for college basketball. He recently trimmed his list of schools down to four: Florida State, Kentucky, North Carolina and Kansas.
Wiggins will take his official visit to North Carolina on March 9, when the Tar Heels host Duke.
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