Recruiting: 2009-2011

[j(ay)mike]

Hey y'all. These various "recruit" posts are getting fairly long and cumbersome. I'm wondering whether someone can post (accurately) who we:

1) have signed
2) are looking (hard) at - to the best of anyone's knowledge w/o providing information that cannot/should not be posted on these boards
...and what positions they project to, for the next three (3) classes:
- incoming 2009
- 2010
- 2011

I just don't have the time anymore to sift through all of the information on these boards, unfortunately.

Many thanks in advance!

[bluebear]

Hey y'all. These various "recruit" posts are getting fairly long and cumbersome. I'm wondering whether someone can post (accurately) who we:

1) have signed
2) are looking (hard) at - to the best of anyone's knowledge w/o providing information that cannot/should not be posted on these boards
...and what positions they project to, for the next three (3) classes:
- incoming 2009
- 2010
- 2011

I just don't have the time anymore to sift through all of the information on these boards, unfortunately.

Many thanks in advance!

Not sure we should post this information..Roy may be reading ;)

[Bluedog]

Hey y'all. These various "recruit" posts are getting fairly long and cumbersome. I'm wondering whether someone can post (accurately) who we:

1) have signed
2) are looking (hard) at - to the best of anyone's knowledge w/o providing information that cannot/should not be posted on these boards
...and what positions they project to, for the next three (3) classes:
- incoming 2009
- 2010
- 2011

I just don't have the time anymore to sift through all of the information on these boards, unfortunately.

Many thanks in advance!

Just go to duke.scout.com to get an overview. Anyways, here's quick rundown with position rank in parenthesis.

2009: Signed 6'11" PF Ryan Kelly (#3) and 6'11" PF Mason Plumlee (#6). Both five-star recruits. Still waiting to hear from 6'4" PG John Wall (#1) who has an offer (#1 overall prospect; one and done; projected to go #1 in 2010 NBA Draft by many) and 6'0" PG Eric Bledsoe (#8) (four-star) who we've shown interest in, but haven't officially offered AFAIK.

2010: Signed 6'4" SG Andre Dawkins (#6) (5-star), 6'8" PF Josh Hairston (#5) (4-star), 6'2" PG Tyler Thornton (#9) (4-star).
Offers extended to 6'3" PG Brandon Knight (#1) (considered a heavy Florida lean), 6'6" SF Harrison Barnes (#1) (considered a slight Duke lean, with KU being the other heavy possibility), 6'9" C Josh Smith (#2) (considered heavy UCLA lean) (all three 5-stars), and 6'1" PG Kyrie Irving (#8) (4-star).

2011: Still too early. No offers. Scout lists 8 guys with Duke interest, but it's WAY early. http://duke.scout.com/a.z?s=167&p=9&c=4&cfg=bb&yr=2011

[Devilsfan]

2010 looks extemely promising! I think with that class we can expect great things.

[Dukebasketball32]

think if we could land Barnes then we will have a GREAT shot at making a deep tourney run during the years following. I dont see knight coming to us, florida seems like his most likely choice. But a freshman class of dawkins, thorton, hairston, and barnes would really be something special.

[bluebear]

think if we could land Barnes then we will have a GREAT shot at making a deep tourney run during the years following. I dont see knight coming to us, florida seems like his most likely choice. But a freshman class of dawkins, thorton, hairston, and barnes would really be something special.

Plus Curry (though technically a sophomore)..

[j(ay)mike]

Thanks Bluedog. That helps tremendously.

[mgtr]

Nice summary, Bluedog. Even those of us who have been following it can get confused!:confused:

[Kedsy]

2010: Signed 6'4" SG Andre Dawkins (#6) (5-star), 6'8" PF Josh Hairston (#5) (4-star), 6'2" PG Tyler Thornton (#9) (4-star).
Offers extended to 6'3" PG Brandon Knight (#1) (considered a heavy Florida lean), 6'6" SF Harrison Barnes (#1) (considered a slight Duke lean, with KU being the other heavy possibility), 6'9" C Josh Smith (#2) (considered heavy UCLA lean) (all three 5-stars), and 6'1" PG Kyrie Irving (#8) (4-star).


Not to be too technical, but nobody has "signed" for 2010. You don't sign until your senior year. The three players mentioned have made non-binding commitments.

[CameronCrazy'11]

Good stuff. I would just add that although we are looking at Bledsoe, he is unlikely to qualify academically unfortunately.

Also, Brandon Knight is not considered a heavy Florida lean anymore. His recruitment is still pretty open.

My guess would be that someone else will emerge as a target in the class of 2010. Since Seth Curry (6'2" combo guard) will become eligible the same year the 2010 freshman arrive, we may very well target another big man to round out that class.

2011 is far away, but I'm sure we'll start hearing about them pretty soon. Marshall Plumlee is already pushing 7 feet and winning praise.

[Namtilal]

Still waiting to hear from 6'4" PG John Wall (#1) who has an offer (#1 overall prospect; one and done; projected to go #1 in 2010 NBA Draft by many)

Just curious, does anyone actually project him in front of Rubio? A proven player against the elite of Europe and the Olympics? Not to say Wall won't be better some day, but that would be pure 'upside' (I feel dirty for using that word) at the expense of proven performance.

Plus, Rubio seems more like a Steve Nash, Wall more of an AI. Matter of taste, I guess.

[Bluedog]

Just curious, does anyone actually project him in front of Rubio? A proven player against the elite of Europe and the Olympics? Not to say Wall won't be better some day, but that would be pure 'upside' (I feel dirty for using that word) at the expense of proven performance.

Plus, Rubio seems more like a Steve Nash, Wall more of an AI. Matter of taste, I guess.

I thought Rubio was eligible for this year's draft....So he won't be competing with Wall. I could be wrong though.

[DukieBoy]

I thought Rubio was eligible for this year's draft....So he won't be competing with Wall. I could be wrong though.

Correct. He is eligible for this year's draft.

[chrisheery]

Just curious, does anyone actually project him in front of Rubio? A proven player against the elite of Europe and the Olympics? Not to say Wall won't be better some day, but that would be pure 'upside' (I feel dirty for using that word) at the expense of proven performance.

Plus, Rubio seems more like a Steve Nash, Wall more of an AI. Matter of taste, I guess.

How? Wall is a 6'4 PG. AI is a 5'10" (maybe 11") SG. Not sure how they compare.

[TheBrianZoubekExperience]

Correct. He is eligible for this year's draft.

He is eligible but he might not be coming over. Most think he will though but he has a buyout from his current team so Rubio may be in 2010 but probably will be in 2009.

[Newton_14]

[QUOTE=CameronCrazy'11;284342]Good stuff. I would just add that although we are looking at Bledsoe, he is unlikely to qualify academically unfortunately.

Actually, Bledsoe took the ACT again this past weekend and most of the guru's are expecting that he passes this time and becomes eligible. He is being recruited hard by several schools and I doubt they would be still on his trail were he not expected to qualify.

FWIW he was recently quoted as saying that Duke is his dream school..

[watzone]

Just go to duke.scout.com to get an overview. Anyways, here's quick rundown with position rank in parenthesis.

2009: Signed 6'11" PF Ryan Kelly (#3) and 6'11" PF Mason Plumlee (#6). Both five-star recruits. Still waiting to hear from 6'4" PG John Wall (#1) who has an offer (#1 overall prospect; one and done; projected to go #1 in 2010 NBA Draft by many) and 6'0" PG Eric Bledsoe (#8) (four-star) who we've shown interest in, but haven't officially offered AFAIK.

2010: Signed 6'4" SG Andre Dawkins (#6) (5-star), 6'8" PF Josh Hairston (#5) (4-star), 6'2" PG Tyler Thornton (#9) (4-star).
Offers extended to 6'3" PG Brandon Knight (#1) (considered a heavy Florida lean), 6'6" SF Harrison Barnes (#1) (considered a slight Duke lean, with KU being the other heavy possibility), 6'9" C Josh Smith (#2) (considered heavy UCLA lean) (all three 5-stars), and 6'1" PG Kyrie Irving (#8) (4-star).

2011: Still too early. No offers. Scout lists 8 guys with Duke interest, but it's WAY early. http://duke.scout.com/a.z?s=167&p=9&c=4&cfg=bb&yr=2011

Just curious, but where do you get that Knight is a heavy Florida lean and Barnes is a slight Duke lean? Same with Smith. Is this opinion or is this printed somewhere?

[dubayuw]

Good stuff. I would just add that although we are looking at Bledsoe, he is unlikely to qualify academically unfortunately.

Im pretty sure he eliminated Duke as an option. He narrowed it down to his top four and Duke wasnt included. We are recruiting the Oak Hills PG though, his name is Lamont something.

[Coballs]

Im pretty sure he eliminated Duke as an option. He narrowed it down to his top four and Duke wasnt included. We are recruiting the Oak Hills PG though, his name is Lamont something.

Where'd you see that about Bledsoe? That's news to me.

[dubayuw]

Where'd you see that about Bledsoe? That's news to me.

rivals.com reported that he had narrowed down to 4 school but since i couldnt look at the full article because i dont pay, i went to bledsoe's page and cincy, bama, uk, and florida were listed so I figured we werent one of his four.

[brooknon]

Well the sentiment has always been that Knight was heavily leaning towards Florida but a couple of articles recently stated that it was not the case according to his former AAU coach and other sources. He actually named Duke and a few schools when asked about his future. But he is waiting til he gets serious about his choice supposedly. He should be priority 1B after Barnes.

As for Josh Smith, again the prevailing notion and also articles have said he is most likely to end up at UCLA. who knows? I think we should be trying hard as hell to get that sorely needed inside beast we havent had since Williams. Sorry but the Plumlees are not going to be the answer...

Anyway IMO the 2010 class is pretty good as it stands now but not great. If we add Barnes the class could be very very good; add Knight on top of that and it would be outstanding.

[dukeballer2294]

Im pretty sure he eliminated Duke as an option. He narrowed it down to his top four and Duke wasnt included. We are recruiting the Oak Hills PG though, his name is Lamont something.

Lamont "Momo" Jones is the pgs name and also i just looked at our recruiting page on ESPN and saw that Barnes was not on our intrested prospects. Is this just ESPN being slow or is there something i am not seeing

[dubayuw]

Lamont "Momo" Jones is the pgs name and also i just looked at our recruiting page on ESPN and saw that Barnes was not on our intrested prospects. Is this just ESPN being slow or is there something i am not seeing

They are slow.

[Icarus09]

Well the sentiment has always been that Knight was heavily leaning towards Florida but a couple of articles recently stated that it was not the case according to his former AAU coach and other sources. He actually named Duke and a few schools when asked about his future. But he is waiting til he gets serious about his choice supposedly. He should be priority 1B after Barnes.



I really hope we get Barnes, but at the rate we're going with PGs, we need either Knight or Irving for 2010 very badly.