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Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski has already secured a commitment from a member of the Texas Titans AAU team—2013 shooting guard Matt Jones. Krzyzewski is also courting Jones' teammate, Julius Randle, the No. 2 player in the class of 2013, according to ESPN.com. Now, the Blue Devil coaching staff has reached out to another player on the Texas Titans—Damian Jones.
In one of the biggest recruiting weekends of the year, Duke basketball assistant coaches Jeff Capel and Nate James had the opportunity to see a vast majority of the Blue Devil coaching staff's top targets in action at the Nike EYBL Peach Jam.
With Duke football season just around the corner, head coach David Cutcliffe and his staff have to be happy with the way their 2013 recruiting class is shaping up.
Last week marked the start of the first July evaluation period, allowing college coaches to scour the country in search of their next players. Over the weekend, Washington, D.C. played host to one of the summer’s premiere Nike basketball events for prospects—the Nike Global Challenge.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- On Sunday, the U.S. National men's basketball team, led by Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski, practiced at George Washington University's Charles E. Smith Center in preparation for Monday night's exhibition game against Brazil.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- It might be the college basketball offseason, but college coaches were out in full force this weekend to watch prospects at the 2012 Nike Global Challenge for the first of three July evaluation periods.
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Fresh off a 113-59 victory over the Dominican Republic on Thursday night, the rock show that is Team USA basketball began their stint in the nation’s capital by practicing at the D.C. Armory on Saturday.
Summer recruiting kicks in to full speed this weekend as college coaches are able to evaluate players across the country in the first of three July evaluation periods.
On the first day of the July evaluation period, Jabari Parker, the No. 1 ranked player in the class of 2013, grabbed the attention of the national media Wednesday afternoon when he tweeted his official list of prospective schools-- Kentucky, Stanford, Michigan State, Kansas, Florida, Duke, BYU, Georgetown, DePaul and North Carolina.
So far this summer, USA basketball has been synonymous with gold.
As The Blue Zone wrote over the weekend, according to reports Mississippi State transfer Rodney Hood will relocate to Durham for the remainder of his college career. The 6-foot-8 Mississippi native, who will be forced to sit out the 2012-13 season, is set to arrive on Duke’s campus this week, joining freshmen Rasheed Sulaimon and Amile Jefferson as the team's newcomers.
Before departing for the Olympic training camp in Las Vegas next week, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski should find out if Mississippi State transfer Rodney Hood will be joining the Blue Devils this fall.
The Duke coaching staff will soon know what their final roster will be for the 2012-13 roster as Mississippi State transfer Rodney Hood is expected to decide between Duke and Ohio State in the coming days. Hood spent the weekend in Durham on an unofficial visit.
With the NBPA Top 100 Camp kicking off today in Charlottesville, Va., we took to Twitter from our account @dukebasketball to ask if people had any questions about Duke basketball recruiting. Chronicle recruiting beat writer Brady Buck and sports editor Andrew Beaton answer three of the questions below.
This weekend, many of the nation's top prep basketball players will take a break from playing with their respective AAU teams to participate in the National Basketball Players Association Top 100 Camp. Slated to begin Wednesday morning in Charlottesville, Va., the event features some of the best players in the classes of 2013 and 2014. Players will be divided into teams and compete in tournament, giving scouts and media the unique oppurtunity of seeing the best players go head to head over the span of four days.
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski's 2012-13 roster may not be finalized just yet, even if it may include a player who's not eligible to play that season.
The Duke coaching staff's busy offseason haul continued this past weekend as they conducted the 10th annual K Academy fantasy basketball camp, while also hosting Semi Ojeleye-- the No. 8 small forward in the class of 2013 according to scout.com-- for an unofficial visit.
In the fourth and final regular session of the Nike EYBL, Jabari Parker and Julius Randle, who are the top two players in the class of 2013 and two of Duke's top targets, went head to head for the first time this year in one of the most highly anticipated matchups of the summer. Randle finished with 23 points to lead the Texas Titans to a big victory over Parker and the Mac Irvin Fire. Blue Devil commit Matt Jones was equally stellar for the Texas Titans, netting 19 points on 4-of-6 shooting from 3-point range. Jahlil Okafor, a 2014 Duke prospect, chipped in with 12 points and 16 rebounds for the Mac Irvin Fire.
The Duke coaches will host their first recruit of the offseason when Semi Ojeleye of Ottawa, Kansas makes the trip to Durham for an unofficial visit on May 31. Ojeleye, who is scout.com’s 30th ranked player overall in the class of 2013, does not hold a scholarship offer from the Blue Devil coaching staff yet, but the powerful 6-foot-6 wing could very well receive a scholarship offer while he is on campus.
