Originally Posted by
CDu
Hood was #27 nationally according to the RSCI (which is a more comprehensive look than just Rivals). Murphy (#41, but only because he was not rated by one site due to his late reclassification) and Gbinije (#28) were similarly rated. Parker and Wiggins are both top of the class overall. My point was that we have similar players (in the second tier) in Gbinije and Murphy in house who have a year of Duke experience over Hood and we're recruiting even better players at the same position in the next two classes. It doesn't make sense to add Hood.
That all makes sense. Add to it that he would eat up a scholarship sitting on the bench (which I now know from another thread). I guess if we shoot blanks this year with our 3 remaining scholarships it still couldn't hurt. I'd love to be a fly on the wall to listen to our staff discuss recruiting and contingency plans for target C if targets A and/or B go elsewhere.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."