2025 Men's Basketball Recruiting

Billy Dat said:
I thought international students couldn't earn NIL?
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Tyrese's father is Rod Proctor, an accomplished player for Mississippi College ( a DII school). Rod was among the career assist leaders when he was at MC. After college, Rod moved to Australia and played 14 years in the Aussie NBL (I think he was an all-star or something like that for several years). He retained his American citizenship and so his son, Tyrese, also can claim American citizenship.

I can assure you that Tyrese is legally earning NIL dollars while at Duke both from pay-for-play payments as well as deals he has struck with companies.
 
Nugget said:
To put a finer point on Jason's comment that things are proceeding slower than in the past, none of the consensus Top 20 players and only two in the Top 30 (Saddiq White to Syracuse and Jamier Jones to Providence) have committed yet. So, it's slower for everyone.
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Some of us old enough can remember that it was the norm for many if not most recruits to commit AFTER their senior season in high school.

If I recall correctly, the scholarship players on Duke's undefeated 1969-70 freshman team (Richie O'Connor, Gary Melchionni, Alan Shaw, Jim Fitzsimmons, and Jeff Dawson) committed after their senior season, with Dawson not committing until Summer began.
 
Watching the Oakland Soldiers (AJ Dybantsa) vs Nightrydas Elite (Boozers), it's pretty obvious to me that there's actually quite a gap in talent between AJ and Cam Boozer. Cam is not nearly as impressive of an on-ball shot creator. AJ is in a tier by himself, much like Cooper separated himself in the 2024 class.
 
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kAzE said:
Watching the Oakland Soldiers (AJ Dybantsa) vs Nightrydas Elite (Boozers), it's pretty obvious to me that there's actually quite a gap in talent between AJ and Cam Boozer. Cam is not nearly as impressive of an on-ball shot creator. AJ is in a tier by himself, much like Cooper separated himself in the 2024 class.
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Maybe on offense. I came away extremely impressed by Cam Boozer. The dude plays like a serious veteran...no flash, all efficiency, and completely unstoppable when he gets the ball in the paint. AJ is an incredible scorer and is hard to track around the court he is so quick and shifty, but Boozer is the real deal on both ends. Extra props for the young PG Stokes on Oakland who obviously is generating tremendous buzz which is also deserved. He's like a point guard in Carmelo Anthony's body.
 
Owen Meany said:
Kelly Flagg posted that Ace will be enrolling at Greensboro Day next year.
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Is that because the whole family is moving to NC? It seems more and more common these days for top recruits' family to move to the college location. Although Greensboro isn't Durham certainly....
 
Nugget said:
To put a finer point on Jason's comment that things are proceeding slower than in the past, none of the consensus Top 20 players and only two in the Top 30 (Saddiq White to Syracuse and Jamier Jones to Providence) have committed yet. So, it's slower for everyone.
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I've compiled a list of 2025's top recruits -- RSCI won't have the first composite ranking until October, so I'll use the On3 rankings -- to see how close or far they are to commitment. I'll include whether they have a Duke offer (according to Verbal Commits), and/or any finalists they've announced.

01. AJ Dybantsa (6-8 SF): Duke offer
02. Cameron Boozer (6-9 PF): Duke offer
03. Darryn Peterson (6-5 SG):
04. Caleb Wilson (6-9 PF): Duke offer
05. Koa Peat (6-8 PF): Duke offer
06. Meleek Thomas (6-3 SG): Duke offer, BUT 7 finalists are Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Connecticut, Kansas, Kansas State, and Pitt
07. Nate Ament (6-8 SF): Duke offer
08. Darius Acuff (6-1 PG): committed to Arkansas 7/26/2024
09. Isiah Harwell (6-5 SG): 4 finalists are Cal, Gonzaga, Houston, and Texas
10. Jalen Haralson (6-6 SF): Duke offer
11. Jasper Johnson (6-4 SG): 5 finalists are Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisville, and UNC
12. Mikel Brown Jr (6-3 PG):
13. Bryson Tiller (6-9 PF):
14. Chris Cenac (6-10 PF):
15. Brayden Burries (6-4 CG): Duke offer
16. Trey McKenney (6-4 SG): 10 finalists are Creighton, Georgetown, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon, UCLA, and USC
17. Cayden Boozer (6-3 PG): Duke offer
18. Darius Adams (6-4 SG):
19. Tounde Yessoufou (6-5 SF): 10 finalists are Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Connecticut, Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, UCLA, USC, and Washington
20. Dwayne Aristode (6-7 SF):
21. Kingston Flemings (6-3 PG):
22. Hudson Greer (6-6 SG):
23. Sadiq White (6-8 PF): committed to Syracuse 5/29/2024
24. Nikola Bundalo (6-9 PF):
25. Malachi Moreno (7-0 C): 8 finalists are Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisville, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and UNC
26. Braylon Mullins (6-4 SG): Duke offer, AND 10 finalists are Alabama, Connecticut, Duke, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Purdue, Tennessee, and UNC
27. Shelton Henderson (6-6 SF): Duke offer
28. Davion Hannah (6-5 SG): 9 finalists are Alabama, Cincinnati, Louisville, Michigan State, NC State, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Wisconsin, and Xavier
29. Nikolas Khamenia (6-8 SF): Duke offer
30. Jamier Jones (6-6 SF): committed to Providence 5/12/2024
31. Kiyan Anthony (6-5 SG): 6 finalists are Auburn, Florida State, Ohio State, Rutgers, Syracuse, and USC
32. Jerry Easter (6-4 CG):
33. Xavion Staton (7-0 C): 6 finalists are Arizona, BYU, Michigan, Stanford, UNLV, and USC
34. Jacob Wilkins (6-8 SF): committed to Georgia 10/31/2023
35. Shon Abaev (6-7 SF):
36. Sebastian Williams-Adams (6-8 PF):
37. Eric Reibe (7-0 C): 11 finalists are Connecticut, Creighton, Harvard, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio State, Oregon, Stanford, UNC, and West Virginia
38. London Jemison (6-7 PF):
39. Acaden Lewis (6-3 PG): Duke offer, AND 8 finalists are Auburn, Connecticut, Duke, Kentucky, Michigan, Syracuse, Tennessee, and UNC
40. Kayden Mingo (6-1 CG):
 
brevity said:
I've compiled a list of 2025's top recruits -- RSCI won't have the first composite ranking until October, so I'll use the On3 rankings -- to see how close or far they are to commitment. I'll include whether they have a Duke offer (according to Verbal Commits), and/or any finalists they've announced.

01. AJ Dybantsa (6-8 SF): Duke offer
02. Cameron Boozer (6-9 PF): Duke offer
03. Darryn Peterson (6-5 SG):
04. Caleb Wilson (6-9 PF): Duke offer
05. Koa Peat (6-8 PF): Duke offer
06. Meleek Thomas (6-3 SG): Duke offer, BUT 7 finalists are Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Connecticut, Kansas, Kansas State, and Pitt
07. Nate Ament (6-8 SF): Duke offer
08. Darius Acuff (6-1 PG): committed to Arkansas 7/26/2024
09. Isiah Harwell (6-5 SG): 4 finalists are Cal, Gonzaga, Houston, and Texas
10. Jalen Haralson (6-6 SF): Duke offer
11. Jasper Johnson (6-4 SG): 5 finalists are Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisville, and UNC
12. Mikel Brown Jr (6-3 PG):
13. Bryson Tiller (6-9 PF):
14. Chris Cenac (6-10 PF):
15. Brayden Burries (6-4 CG): Duke offer
16. Trey McKenney (6-4 SG): 10 finalists are Creighton, Georgetown, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon, UCLA, and USC
17. Cayden Boozer (6-3 PG): Duke offer
18. Darius Adams (6-4 SG):
19. Tounde Yessoufou (6-5 SF): 10 finalists are Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Connecticut, Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, UCLA, USC, and Washington
20. Dwayne Aristode (6-7 SF):
21. Kingston Flemings (6-3 PG):
22. Hudson Greer (6-6 SG):
23. Sadiq White (6-8 PF): committed to Syracuse 5/29/2024
24. Nikola Bundalo (6-9 PF):
25. Malachi Moreno (7-0 C): 8 finalists are Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisville, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and UNC
26. Braylon Mullins (6-4 SG): Duke offer, AND 10 finalists are Alabama, Connecticut, Duke, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Purdue, Tennessee, and UNC
27. Shelton Henderson (6-6 SF): Duke offer
28. Davion Hannah (6-5 SG): 9 finalists are Alabama, Cincinnati, Louisville, Michigan State, NC State, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Wisconsin, and Xavier
29. Nikolas Khamenia (6-8 SF): Duke offer
30. Jamier Jones (6-6 SF): committed to Providence 5/12/2024
31. Kiyan Anthony (6-5 SG): 6 finalists are Auburn, Florida State, Ohio State, Rutgers, Syracuse, and USC
32. Jerry Easter (6-4 CG):
33. Xavion Staton (7-0 C): 6 finalists are Arizona, BYU, Michigan, Stanford, UNLV, and USC
34. Jacob Wilkins (6-8 SF): committed to Georgia 10/31/2023
35. Shon Abaev (6-7 SF):
36. Sebastian Williams-Adams (6-8 PF):
37. Eric Reibe (7-0 C): 11 finalists are Connecticut, Creighton, Harvard, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio State, Oregon, Stanford, UNC, and West Virginia
38. London Jemison (6-7 PF):
39. Acaden Lewis (6-3 PG): Duke offer, AND 8 finalists are Auburn, Connecticut, Duke, Kentucky, Michigan, Syracuse, Tennessee, and UNC
40. Kayden Mingo (6-1 CG):
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Thanks. Safe to say we're casting a muuuuuch wider net than we used to!
 
tommy said:
Thanks. Safe to say we're casting a muuuuuch wider net than we used to!
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Maybe, maybe not. Duke has 13 offers out to the Class of 2025. Comparing to previous years...

2025: 13 offers
2024: 15 offers (6 commits)
2023: 11 offers (4 commits after Mackenzie Mgbako decommitted)
2022: 10 offers (7 commits)
2021: 9 offers (4 commits)
2020: 12 offers (6 commits)
2019: 14 offers (4 commits)
2018: 12 offers (5 commits)
2017: 20 offers (7 commits)
2016: 11 offers (6 commits)
2015: 10 offers (6 commits)
2014: 12 offers (4 commits)

Each year is a link to the 247 Sports team offers page for that year. Some interesting what-ifs can be imagined there. Will we still win the 2015 title if 2014's Devin Booker, Trey Lyles, and Karl-Anthony Towns accepted their offers and join Grayson Allen instead of Tyus Jones, Justise Winslow, and Jahlil Okafor? Could we have made earlier inroads into South Sudan had Wenyen Gabriel and Thon Maker accepted their offers in 2016? Do we recruit Zion Williamson in 2018 if Marvin Bagley doesn't reclassify to 2017?

Going back to the concept of wider nets, here are the number of offers that the rest of the ACC have made to the 2025 class:

Duke: 13 offers

Boston College: 9 offers (2 commits)
California: 45 offers (1 commit)
Clemson: 14 offers (1 commit)
Florida State: 27 offers (1 commit)
Georgia Tech: 31 offers (2 commits)
Louisville: 27 offers
Miami: 18 offers
NC State: 10 offers (1 commit)
North Carolina: 18 offers
Notre Dame: 16 offers
Pittsburgh: 15 offers
SMU: 42 offers
Stanford: 18 offers
Syracuse: 19 offers (1 commit)
Virginia: 21 offers
Virginia Tech: 46 offers (2 commits)
Wake Forest: 28 offers

Click on each school to see its Verbal Commits page, which also includes offers to the 2026 class.
 
The Field of 68 had a 2025 recruiting episode centered around Darius Acuff committing to Arkansas.

At the 12:53 mark they start talking about Shelton Henderson and how he was long a Houston lean but then Duke started to call…and it is worth listening to how the hosts Ani Umana and Tobias Bass - two guys I didn’t know but liked - talk about what happens when a kid starts hearing from Duke. 2 years post K his aura surely still casts a glow over the program, but Jon and the staff and the school have done well to still have people talk about us this way.

Starts at 12:53
 
Billy Dat said:
The Field of 68 had a 2025 recruiting episode centered around Darius Acuff committing to Arkansas.
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1816943550224879925

Jeff Borzello's math/criteria doesn't make much sense to me. 2009-2025, inclusive, is 17 years, and if we exclude 2012 and 2019, that's 15 point guards, which means Calipari doubled up one year to get to 16. Except he DID recruit 5-star point guards in 2012 and 2019, and he doubled up in more than one year. Whatever the number is, it's more than 16.

Clicking on the year below takes you to that year's On3 industry comparison page for Calipari's commits. It lists each recruiting service's ranking and number of stars (including the years before On3 existed). The 5-star designation seems to apply if any of the four recruiting industry services awards a player 5 stars, even if it's only one of them. I think Jeff Borzello is including combo guards like Cason Wallace, which is fine; I'm not big on the subject of point guard purity.

2025: Darius Acuff Jr
2024: Boogie Fland
2023: DJ Wagner
2022: Cason Wallace
2021: TyTy Washington
2020: Devin Askew
2019: Tyrese Maxey
2018: Ashton Hagans AND Immanuel Quickley
2017: Quade Green
2016: De'Aaron Fox AND Malik Monk
2015: Isaiah Briscoe
2014: Tyler Ulis
2013: Andrew Harrison AND Aaron Harrison
2012: Archie Goodwin
2011: Marquis Teague
2010: Brandon Knight
2009: John Wall AND Eric Bledsoe

That's 21, and I didn't include Robert Dillingham (2023) or Jamal Murray (2015), who are arguably point guards now but were classified as shooting guards then.

However you define it, that's an impressive run. We can go back further, as some recruiting stats were available during his time at Memphis (2000-2009).

2008: Tyreke Evans (RSCI #3)
2007: Derrick Rose (RSCI #5)
2004: Darius Washington (RSCI #15)
2001: Dajuan Wagner (RSCI #3)
 
TywinBlue said:
www.si.com

Meleek Thomas Puts Pitt in Top 7

PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers continue to make in-roads with one of the best players in the Class of 2025, as Meleek Thomas placed them in his top seven schoo
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Duke did not make #6 Meleek Thomas' final 7....
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Here's the relevant link. Given my current UConn affiliation, the all-knowing Twitter/X algorithm occasionally populates my feed with UConn basketball chatter, and it seems like Hurley has made him a priority in this class.
 
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