Tre was offered by Pitino and Minnesota
over the summer.
Minnesota is not typically a place know for producing top hoops talent, but Tyus in 2014 and Gary Trent Jr in 2016 are truly excellent prospects. Tre Jones would seem to be another. These are the kind of guys Richard would hope to build his program around... but most recruiting experts expect all three of them to go to Duke.
Here are the Top 50 recruits from Minnesota over the past several years (according to RSCI)
2015 - none
2014 - Tyus Jones (#7, Duke), Reid Travis (#35, Stanford... after Duke cooled on him a bit)
2013 - none
2012 - none
2011 - none
2010 - none
And here are some guys for the next few years...
2016 - Amir Coffee (ESPN #33, Minnesota)
2017 - Gary Trent Jr (ESPN #9, uncommitted, but considered a strong Duke lean)
2018 - Tre Jones ("top 20ish kind of talent", also considered a strong Duke lean)
So, Richard Pitino only very rarely gets a Mickie Dee kind of kid in his back yard... and ever time he does the kid seems to like Duke a lot more than they like Minnesota. Ergo, Richard Pitino must hate Duke
-Jason "Richard Pitino is connected to Rick Pitino who is connected to Louisville and I will forever, ever, ever hate Louisville for 1986... so making Richard Pitino angry makes me happy" Evans