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Chicago high school basketball prodigy and Duke target Jabari Parker will add to his illustrious resume next month when becomes the first high school basketball player since Lebron James to be feature on the cover of Sports Illustrated. The cover refers to Parker as “best high school basketball player since LeBron James," with a picture courtesy of Chicago Hoops.
After a long, drawn out recruitment, Amile Jefferson committed to Duke over N.C. State, Kentucky, Ohio State, and Villanova, among others, Tuesday afternoon. Picking up Jefferson this late in the year was crucial for Duke as they were desperately trying to avoid a one-man 2012 recruiting class of only Rasheed Sulaimon.
The Blue Devil coaching staff will find out if their 2012 class will have another member besides Rasheed Sulaimon when Amile Jefferson announces his college decision Tuesday night. Jefferson will decide between Duke, Kentucky, and N.C. State.
Peter Kalambayi , who is the fourth-ranked middle linebacker in the class of 2013 according to scout.com, recently expressed that his top six college choices at this point are California, Duke, North Carolina, Oregon, Stanford and Virginia in an interview with Chad Simmons of scout.com.
Over the course of last week, the Blue Devil coaching staff extended scholarship offers to 2013 targets Ishmail Wainright, Marcus Lee, Allerik Freeman and Austin Nichols. Now, Duke now has total of seven scholarship offers out in the class of 2013 with Jabari Parker, Julius Randle and Matt Jones, who has committed to Duke, also holding offers.
Last fall the NCAA revamped its college basketball recruiting regulations. Now, college coaches are allowed to evaluate recruits during the month of April. The Duke coaching took advantage of the new rule change as they spent last week traveling all over the country to track their 2013 and 2014 targets.
As predicted by many, Shabazz Muhammad, the second ranked player in the class of 2012, committed to UCLA over Kentucky and Duke last Wednesday night.
This week promises to be one of the more eventful weeks for Duke men's basketball recruiting in quite some time. On Wednesday night, the coaching staff will have a much better idea about what their 2012-13 roster will look like as highly coveted targets Shabazz Muhammad and Tony Parker announce their college decisions.
Duke head coach David Cutcliffe and his coaching staff are rolling on the recruiting trail. Just days after securing a commitment from 2013 safety Jake Kite, Duke added another defensive back from the class of 2013 Monday night when Dequavais Mann, a 5-foot-9 185 pound cornerback, committed to the Blue Devil coaching staff.
Shabazz Muhammad will make his highly anticipated college decision on April 11 at 7:30 pm on ESPNU. Last week, the second-ranked player in the class of 2012 narrowed his list of schools down to UCLA, Kentucky and Duke. Muhammad was dominant last week at the McDonald’s All American Game, finishing with 21 points and six rebounds to earn the MVP award.
Jake Kite, a 6-foot-1 safety from Roanoke, Va., verbally committed to the Blue Devils this weekend. The hard-hitting defensive back chose Duke over Ohio, N.C. State, Virginia and Virginia Tech, among others.
On Monday, Duke officials announced freshman combo guard Austin Rivers will enter the NBA and hire an agent forgoing his final three years of collegiate eligibility. In this year's draft, Rivers will be one of the more intriguing prospects. Rivers possesses the necessary confidence, quick first step, ability to create and work ethic to be a successful professional. NBA scouts, however, are worried that he will be limited at the next level due to his lack of a true position, small frame and unconventional jump shot mechanics.
Since losing to Lehigh in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski has wasted little time on the recruiting trail. Last week, Krzyzewski had in-home visits with 2012 post players Tony Parker and Amile Jefferson.
According to his Twitter account @tzig0, Trey Zeigler will be in Durham this weekend to officially visit Duke after being granted permission to transfer by Central Michigan University. The 6-foot-5 shooting guard requested a release from Central Michigan after his father and head coach, Ernie Zeigler, was recently fired by the university.
According to various sources, Shabazz Muhammad is expected take his fifth and final official visit to UCLA at the beginning of April. Internet rumors continue to swirl stating that Muhammad will take his talents to Westwood for what will likely be his only year of college basketball. If Muhammad goes to UCLA, he will be joined by point forward Kyle Anderson, who is the fourth ranked player in 2012 according to ESPN, and potentially Tony Parker. The Las Vegas product has already taken official visits to Texas A&M, Kentucky, Kansas and Duke, while UNLV and Arizona are also in the mix. The first day of the spring signing period is April 11th and Muhammad is expected to announce his college decision and sign at that time.
Recruiting analysts predict Amile Jefferson will announce his college decision very soon. After visiting for the North Carolina game, Duke is thought to be the favorite to land Jefferson, though many Blue Devil fans expected an announcement by now.
In the second edition of the Tobacco Road showdown, Duke will be playing for the ACC regular season championship and likely a number one seed in the NCAA tournament.
As Duke hosts rival North Carolina on Saturday to close out their regular season, the Blue Devil coaching staff will welcome several of their top prospects for their biggest on-campus, in-season recruiting weekend of the year.
"Nerlens Noel tells me that after Duke reached out he informed them that he didn't have any interest in them so he won't be visiting Durham."
Amile Jefferson’s high school team, Friends’ Central, won their fourth straight state independent schools championship over the weekend. Despite battling an ankle injury, the Duke target finished with 14 points.
