sagegrouse
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Hakeem was basically allowed on UH on a trial basis. Then, he worked out the next summer with Moses Malone and friends in Houston.
2025 Men's Basketball Recruiting
- Thread starter DavidBenAkiva
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You are correct, Drexler was a late bloomer and I didn't realize he was only recruited by 4 or 5 schools.
How does this affect the Shelton Henderson recruitment, if at all ?
SkyBrickey
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I would think it helps us but these guys could be friends and want to play together. Two talented 6-6 SFs could definitely share the floor. And there's a good chance one of Evans or Knueppel is at Duke next year.
King of Defense
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Am I wrong in thinking that recruits are waiting a bit longer this year than they have in recent years?
King of Defense
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There's apparently a four-star recruit from Charlottesville named Ryan Crotty who is NOT related to UVA alum John Crotty. What are the odds?
He committed to Oklahoma State.
He committed to Oklahoma State.
Yeah, it is like free agency where you want as big of a market value as possible and not to set that market…
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Hudson Greer, who once expressed an interest in Duke but never got an offer, is deciding upon a college today, live on On3’s YouTube channel in about 20 minutes. His finalists are Alabama, Creighton, and Kansas.
Top-35 recruit Hudson Greer sets commitment date, will announce live with On3
Hudson Greer, a top-35 prospect in the 2025 class, will announce his college decision on Friday between Alabama, Creighton, and Kansas.
Trilly Donovan is predicting Creighton.
Update: Greer commits to Creighton.
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Joe Tipton of On3 and Tipton edits is one with Tate Frazier to discuss the 2025 5 stars and, aside from saying he thinks Duke is in the mix for the Boozers (not leading) he doesn't really have us in pole position with anyone else from this class (they don't talk about Henderson)
www.theringer.com
Five-Star Names to Know on the Recruiting Trail With Joe Tipton
Tate Frazier is joined by Joe Tipton to discuss the top prospects in the 2025 recruiting class, why 12 of the top 15 players have not yet committed to a school, and more
www.theringer.com
JasonEvans
Host, The Duke Basketball Roundup
This one is personal (Donald knows him and his family really well).
The potential for pain if he goes elsewhere is REAL!!
blazindw
Duke Basketball Roundup Host; Moderator
I did tell his dad (we went to high school together) way back early in the process that I would go to a game with him when Acaden commits. I need that to be in Cameron!
DavidBenAkiva
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Is his father's name Jarett Lewis?
He was extremely raw as a freshman on a Final Four squad led by Rob Williams with sophomore Drexler, junior Larry Michaux and soph Michael Young also playing key roles. The athleticism even then was eye popping and had earned him regular rotation minutes by year end. The skill refinement that came from the ensuing summer's workout allowed for a big jump as a soph.
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RSCI has now provided their late summer rankings for the 2025 class -- an industry composite of rankings from 247 Sports, ESPN, On3, and Rivals -- so I'll use that here. 14 of their top 50 players have announced their college choices, with 5 of them committing since my last update exactly one month ago.
01. AJ Dybantsa (6-8 SF): Duke offer, BUT 7 finalists are Alabama, Auburn, Baylor, BYU, Kansas, Kansas State and UNC
02. Cameron Boozer (6-9 PF): Duke offer
03. Darryn Peterson (6-5 SG): 4 finalists are Kansas, Kansas State, Ohio State, and USC
04. Caleb Wilson (6-9 PF): Duke offer, AND 12 finalists are Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Duke, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Ohio State, Oregon, Tennessee, UCF, UNC, and USC
05. Koa Peat (6-8 PF): Duke offer, AND 10 finalists are Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Duke, Houston, Kentucky, Michigan, Texas, UCLA, and UNC
06. Meleek Thomas (6-3 SG): Duke offer, BUT 7 finalists are Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Connecticut, Kansas, Kansas State, and Pittsburgh
07. Darius Acuff (6-1 PG): committed to Arkansas 7/26/2024
08. Nate Ament (6-8 SF): Duke offer
09. Jalen Haralson (6-6 SF): Duke offer, AND 9 finalists are Auburn, Duke, Gonzaga, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan State, Missouri, Notre Dame, and Purdue
10. Isiah Harwell (6-5 SG): committed to Houston 9/12/2024
11. Jasper Johnson (6-4 SG): committed to Kentucky 9/5/2024
11. Mikel Brown Jr (6-3 PG):
13. Chris Cenac (6-10 PF): 12 finalists are Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Baylor, Connecticut, Houston, Kentucky, Louisville, LSU, Michigan State, Tennessee, and Texas
14. Brayden Burries (6-4 CG): Duke offer
15. Bryson Tiller (6-9 PF):
16. Trey McKenney (6-4 SG): 10 finalists are Creighton, Georgetown, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon, UCLA, and USC
17. Darius Adams (6-4 SG):
18. Cayden Boozer (6-3 PG): Duke offer
19. Tounde Yessoufou (6-5 SF): 3 finalists are Arizona State, Baylor, and USC
20. Sadiq White (6-8 PF): committed to Syracuse 5/29/2024
21. Dwayne Aristode (6-7 SF):
21. Kingston Flemings (6-3 PG): 5 finalists are Arkansas, Gonzaga, Houston, Texas, and Texas Tech
23. Nikola Bundalo (6-9 PF): 8 finalists are Connecticut, Kentucky, Michigan State, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Texas, UNC, and Xavier
23. Braylon Mullins (6-4 SG): Duke offer, AND 10 finalists are Alabama, Connecticut, Duke, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Purdue, Tennessee, and UNC
25. Malachi Moreno (7-0 C): committed to Kentucky 8/16/2024
26. Hudson Greer (6-6 SG): committed to Creighton 9/13/2024
26. Shelton Henderson (6-6 SF): Duke offer, AND 6 finalists are Duke, Houston, Louisville, LSU, Texas, and Texas Tech
28. Davion Hannah (6-5 CG): 9 finalists are Alabama, Cincinnati, Louisville, Michigan State, NC State, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Wisconsin, and Xavier
28. Jerry Easter (6-4 CG):
30. Nikolas Khamenia (6-8 SF): Duke offer, AND 5 finalists are Arizona, Duke, Gonzaga, UCLA, and UNC
31. Jacob Wilkins (6-8 SF): committed to Georgia 10/31/2023
32. Kiyan Anthony (6-5 SG): 6 finalists are Auburn, Florida State, Ohio State, Rutgers, Syracuse, and USC
33. Jamier Jones (6-6 SF): committed to Providence 5/12/2024
34. Sebastian Williams-Adams (6-8 PF): 8 finalists are Auburn, Baylor, Kansas, Oklahoma State, Purdue, SMU, Texas A&M, and Vanderbilt
35. Xavion Staton (7-0 C): 6 finalists are Arizona, BYU, Michigan, Stanford, UNLV, and USC
36. Acaden Lewis (6-3 PG): Duke offer, AND 4 finalists are Connecticut, Duke, Kentucky, and UNC
37. Shon Abaev (6-7 SF):
38. Davis Fogle (6-5 SG): committed to Gonzaga 7/4/2024
39. Eric Reibe (7-0 C): 11 finalists are Connecticut, Creighton, Harvard, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio State, Oregon, Stanford, UNC, and West Virginia
40. Kayden Mingo (6-1 CG):
41. London Jemison (6-7 PF): 3 finalists are Alabama, Kansas, and Louisville
42. John Clark (6-9 PF): 6 finalists are Houston, Kansas, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Texas, and Texas A&M
43. Jaden Toombs (6-9 C): 5 finalists are Alabama, LSU, Miami, SMU, and Texas Tech
44. Elzie Harrington (6-5 SG): committed to Harvard 6/13/2024
45. Alex Lloyd (6-3 SG): committed to Florida 4/17/2024
46. King Grace (6-2 PG): committed to Mississippi State 9/15/2024
47. Nyk Lewis (6-1 PG): committed to Xavier 8/29/2024
48. Chris Nwuli (6-7 PF): 6 finalists are Louisville, San Diego State, TCU, UCLA, USC, and Utah
49. Joshua Lewis (6-6 SF): committed to South Florida 5/14/2024
50. Mazi Mosley (6-5 SG):
SkyBrickey
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I believe we have an offer out to Dwayne Aristode.
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Maybe. According to Verbal Commits, Dwayne Aristode has exactly 11 offers, all dated June 6, from the following schools: Alabama, Arizona, Cincinnati, Kansas, Miami, Michigan State, Texas Tech, UCLA, USC, Wake Forest, and Xavier.
Then, on June 10, Aristode posted this:
That's 15 schools. He removed Michigan State and added Connecticut, Duke, Indiana, Kentucky, and Virginia.
On August 23, Aristode announced visits to Michigan State (back again?), USC, and Duke, and Matt Giles of SI published an article saying that Duke's offer to Aristode "went under the radar". Perhaps not so coincidentally, 247 Sports indicates an August 23 offer from Duke on their timeline.
He's scheduled to be at Duke this weekend. We should know more soon.
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Adam Zagoria reports that Braylon Mullins "will no longer visit Duke but may still visit Tennessee, his HS coach tells me". I would embed the social media post below, but it's in reply to another post that has Mullins in a UNC uniform after his recent visit to Chapel Hill, and we don't need to see that.
JasonEvans
Host, The Duke Basketball Roundup
I believe Duke has prioritized Acaden Lewis over Braylon Mullins.
DavidBenAkiva
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Makes sense to me. Duke will likely lose one or both of Foster and Proctor after this season. Lewis is more capable of playing on the ball. Mullins is bigger and has a lot of overlapping skills with other guards/wings that might be at Duke next year, like Isaiah Evans, and Darren Harris, Kon Knueppel.