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On a night when No. 2 Duke scored an emphatic win, future Blue Devil Ryan Kelly didn’t fare too badly, either.
Kelly, a five-star recruit who will attend Duke next year, and Raleigh’s Ravenscroft School beat Word of God, featuring highly touted recruit John Wall, 68-59 Wednesday. Kelly led all scorers with 23 points, while Wall [...]
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The five must-read stories of this week from The Chronicle and the Sports Blog (in no particular order):
Soulja Roy’s night shames Duke’s Blue-White—and, for a special treat, video proof of Late Night’s superiority.
Athletics feels economic impact and, consequently, seeks “transformational” gifts to compensate—plus a Q&A with Kevin White.
David Cutcliffe welcomes his team to November.
Five-star recruit [...]
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Kenny Boynton, scout.com’s No. 2 shooting guard in the Class of 2009, committed to Florida Thursday, spurning an offer from Duke before he was scheduled to visit next weekend.
The five-star prospect considered Duke, Texas, Florida and Georgia Tech, but visited head coach Billy Donovan’s program in Gainesville, Fla. last weekend and announced his intentions on [...]
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Five-star recruit Ryan Kelly, a 6-foot-10 power forward from Raleigh, gave a verbal commitment to play for Duke next year in a televised press conference Thursday afternoon. The announcement aired on ESPNU.
Three months ago, Kelly was barely being recruited by Duke, and most thought he would decide between Notre Dame and North Carolina. Before the [...]
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Class of 2010 recruits Josh Hairston and Tyler Thornton visited Duke over the weekend, and both left having committed to Mike Krzyzewski and his program. Hairston, a four-star and scout.com’s 26th-best player in his class, is a 6-foot-8, 195-pound power forward. His D.C. Assault teammate Thornton, another four-star and the 49th-best 2010 prospect, is a [...]
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If Andre Dawkins is anything like a certain 1986 graduate with the same surname… well, it’s certain that Duke would take such production from its latest 2010 signee.
According to Blue Devil Nation and scout.com, Dawkins, a four-star shooting guard from Virginia Beach, Va., committed to Duke Thursday night after visiting and receiving an offer Monday. [...]
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6-foot-4 guard Leslie McDonald, scout.com’s No. 27 prospect in the Class of 2009, committed to Roy Williams and North Carolina Monday night, choosing the Tar Heels over Duke and a litany of other schools. McDonald was selected Tennessee’s Mr. Basketball this year over 2008 Duke signee Elliot Williams. He visited Duke last weekend.
He led Briarcrest [...]
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One day after dropping 33 points in the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, highly-prized 2009 Duke recruit Kenny Boynton scored 18 in his first game in Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday afternoon. But the play of scout.com’s second-ranked shooting guard was overshadowed by teammate Brandon Knight, who scored 19 second-half points en route to [...]
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2009 Duke commit Mason Plumlee has watched three games inside Cameron Indoor Stadium, but had never played in his future home arena until Friday night, when he scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as his AAU team, the Indiana Elite, won in the Bob Gibbons Tournament of Champions.
The 6-foot-10 power forward elicited “oohs” from [...]
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