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2025 Men's Basketball Recruiting
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Wow old age has really gotten to Bacot- looks like he’s shrunk at least 3 inches
JasonEvans
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I am sure it is a trick of perspective, but Dybantsa looks taller than Bacot in that image.
He is listed at 6-8 and Armando is supposedly 6-11. I never believed Bacot was 6-11.
SkyBrickey
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I would guess they are both 6-9. The Cheat fans this summer said they didn't have the NIL $ for a top-shelf Center transfer. But bidding for Dybansta supposedly starts at $3M. Interesting days...
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I have it on some authority that this thread will become a bit more active... probably in the next week or so.
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Haven't seen it mentioned yet but Mika Muurinen, the #6 player in the 2026 class, is visiting Duke this weekend. He is considering a reclass to 2025. Arkansas, Michigan and Utah are all in the mix as well. 6-10 PF. Some videos are tagging him as "the Finnish Cooper Flagg".
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Five-Star Duke Basketball Recruit Now Considering Reclass
One of three early 2026 Duke basketball targets might enter the 2025 class.
Too bad we’ll never see Cooper Flagg finish next to the Finnish Cooper Flagg.Haven't seen it mentioned yet but Mika Muurinen, the #6 player in the 2026 class, is visiting Duke this weekend. He is considering a reclass to 2025. Arkansas, Michigan and Utah are all in the mix as well. 6-10 PF. Some videos are tagging him as "the Finnish Cooper Flagg".
Five-Star Duke Basketball Recruit Now Considering Reclass
One of three early 2026 Duke basketball targets might enter the 2025 class.
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I hope he doesn't reclass even though he should based on his age.Haven't seen it mentioned yet but Mika Muurinen, the #6 player in the 2026 class, is visiting Duke this weekend. He is considering a reclass to 2025. Arkansas, Michigan and Utah are all in the mix as well. 6-10 PF. Some videos are tagging him as "the Finnish Cooper Flagg".
Five-Star Duke Basketball Recruit Now Considering Reclass
One of three early 2026 Duke basketball targets might enter the 2025 class.
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Jalen Haralson says he will decide later today (Wednesday at 7pm ET) between Indiana, Michigan State, and Notre Dame. I hadn't realized the Irish NIL Collective had magical pots o' gold at their disposal:
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Meanwhile, Dwayne Aristode included Duke as one of his 5 finalists, according to Joe Tipton. The others are Arizona, Michigan State, USC, and the NBL Next Level Stars program in Australia.
I guess this officially means he does have a Duke offer.
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You called it. Joe Tipton reports that Jaden Toombs (RSCI #43) committed to SMU.
The other finalists were Alabama, Miami, Texas Tech, and Vanderbilt.
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JasonEvans
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Rest of college basketball focused on transfers, ACC schools spending on freshmen. SMU and Notre Dame don't usually fish in these waters. Good for both of those programs and a big talent influx to what are ordinarily not major contenders in the ACC.
If SMU alumns are ready to spend, that program could really rocket up with Andy Enfield in the head coaching gig and the cache of the ACC backing them. Enfield is smart and I bet he got some NIL assurances prior to taking the job. I won't be even mildly surprised if SMU is comfortably in the top third of the league very soon.
If SMU alumns are ready to spend, that program could really rocket up with Andy Enfield in the head coaching gig and the cache of the ACC backing them. Enfield is smart and I bet he got some NIL assurances prior to taking the job. I won't be even mildly surprised if SMU is comfortably in the top third of the league very soon.
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Two players outside the RSCI top 50 are declaring today, and both are predicted to pick ACC teams.
Derek Dixon is a 6-3 combo guard (RSCI #57, On3 #48) who will make his choice at 3pm ET today (livestream). His finalists are Pittsburgh, UNC, Vanderbilt, and Virginia.
Ryder Frost is a 6-6 small forward (RSCI not ranked, On3 #88) who will announce at 4pm ET (livestream). He will choose from Iowa, Michigan, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, and Wisconsin.
Trilly Donovan posted not-so-cryptic GIFs of the UNC ram mascot here and the Notre Dame leprechauns here, indicating his rarely wrong predictions.
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Derek Dixon chooses UNC. RSCI #57 CG.
Bright spot. Maybe this takes them out of the running for the higher ranked CG, Acaden Lewis, who seems like a great fit for Duke?
Bright spot. Maybe this takes them out of the running for the higher ranked CG, Acaden Lewis, who seems like a great fit for Duke?
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Earlier today Jamie Shaw of On3 offered some information on both Nate Ament and Dwayne Aristode.
The article is behind a paywall, but Shaw mentions Countdown to Craziness, which puts Ament in Durham on October 4.
Also a paywall, but based on this response from Spartan Avenue, we can tell that Duke is one of the two schools, and Michigan State is not the other.
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The coaching staff has had success with "doubling up" in each recruiting class.
2022: Lively and Filipowski
2023: McCain and Foster
2024: Knueppel and Evans
Will 2025 include a pair of big wings in Ament and Aristode? With Flagg, James, Gillis, and maybe one or both of Kon and Evans leaving next spring, adding a pair of wings would make sense.
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I've also heard mention we are the favorite for Shelton Henderson, another big wing at 6-6 220. #15 recruit on 247.
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Recent vagueness about Cameron and Cayden Boozer from Travis Branham and Trilly Donovan. (The latter's "Boozer gif" comment means that a prediction may be imminent.)
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