Duke Basketball Recruiting News

By: Josh Paunil May 18, 2012 The 6’9, 220-pound forward is a Little Rock native who runs with the Arkansas Wings Elite during the AAU season. He talked to us about who he’s recruiting to join him, what he looks forward to once he gets to Arkansas and much more.

Amile Jefferson ended his prolonged recruitment. The power forward signed up with the Duke Blue Devils on Tuesday night shared sports news site GreenBeanBuddy.com.Cary, NC (PRWEB) May 18, 2012 McDonald’s All American senior Amile Jefferson has ended his prolonged recruitment, said a report from espn.go.com. The 6-foot-7 forward decided to join the Duke Blue Devils. And as shared by …

By: Josh Paunil May 17, 2012 In this week’s edition, we take a look at class of 2012 power forwards Anthony Bennett and Amile Jefferson committing, an update on class of 2013 power forward Aaron Gordon and who leads for class of 2013 point guard Zach LaVine.

I was traveling to New York on Monday when my editor called and shared the cover language for the upcoming issue of Sports…

DURHAM – Duke paid coach Mike Krzyzewski roughly $7.2 million during the year of his most recent national championship.

Obviously everyone and their brother is going to be after Jabari Parker. He’s a huge talent and he’ll make anyone a Final Four contender. But there’s a lot more to him than that. By all accounts, he’s a truly special kid.

Hailed as the best big man from Chicagoland since Eddy Curry, 6’11″ Jahlil Okafor, the Brobdingnagian sophomore center from Whitney Young, has lived up to the high expectations. Last September, Jahlil was the first player that Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski offered a scholarship to in the 2014 class. It was a particularly early offer from [...]…

Ranked as my number one big in the class of 2014 and third overall, Jahlil Okafor looks ready to be a force on the college level. Blessed with a huge 6’10″, 270 lbs frame, Okafor is that rare high school center who has NBA ready size. Unlike other centers like Nerlens Noel or Isiah Austin, [...]…

By: Josh Paunil May 16, 2012 Class of 2015 point guard Isaiah Briscoe isn’t even a sophomore in high school yet, but he already has offers from Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Arizona, Seton Hall, Rutgers, Baylor, Miami (FL), Seton Hall and Cincinnati, among others.

Sports Illustrated couldn't resist putting the 17-year-old basketball sensation on their cover.

Sports Illustrated rarely produces a cover story on a high school athlete, but when it comes to 17-year-old prep basketball…

Duke added an important piece to its 2012 recruiting class when Amile Jefferson, a power forward from Philadelphia, committed to the Blue Devils.

Amile Jefferson, a 6-foot-8 forward who was named a McDonald's All-American as a senior, signed with Duke on Tuesday.

To be honest, based on everything we heard Tuesday (and didn’t hear), we thought Amile Jefferson was going to choose State. We heard the news on the radio – on 99.9, Adam Gold asked Joe Ovies what the word was. His answer was very short, almost abrupt, not much more than “it’s Duke.”…

DeCock: Jefferson decision big for Duke, but unfair expectations awaitNews & ObserverBy Luke DeCock – staff columnist – ldecock@newsobserver.com The anticipation surrounding Amile Jefferson's announcement of where he would go to college was near-breathless Tuesday, in the moments before his long-awaited decision was revealed.and more »…

Amile Jefferson chose Duke over Kentucky, NC State, Duke, Ohio State and Villanova.

Star high school forward Amile Jefferson has signed with Duke.

Duke’s 2012 recruiting class had…

In a blessedly short press announcement, Amile Jefferson picked Duke. More later. Jim Young – Amile Jefferson Picks Duke Amile Jefferson picks Duke ‎Amile Jefferson picks Duke over NC State, Villanova, Kentucky and Ohio State. Hoops: Jefferson headed to Duke ‎Top recruit Amile Jefferson picks Duke ‎Amile Jefferson Picks Duke ‎Jefferson decides to play at [...]…

Indiana will play host to North Carolina in a high-profile showcase for the resurgent Hoosiers during next season's ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

DALLAS – Mike Krzyzewski says he thinks the London Olympics will be his last coaching the United States.

Amile Jefferson is the top prospect of 2012 that has yet to make a decision on where he will attend college beginning next fall. It is rare that a player of his caliber waits this long to decided but this is what makes him unique. I get the feeling that Jefferson is a person who [...]…

Wolfpack adds LSU transfer, awaits word from JeffersonNews & ObserverBy JP Giglio – jgiglio@newsobserver.com NC State got some future help for its basketball program on Monday and could get some immediate help from top-25 recruit Amile Jefferson Tuesday. Jefferson, a McDonald's All-American forward from Philadelphia, …and more »…

Amile Jefferson is the top uncommitted senior in the country.

Mike Krzyzewski says he thinks the London Olympics will be his last coaching the United States.

Note – We’ve opened up our most recent chat with Duke bound Matt Jones to the public in order to give you an idea of the types of interviews you will gfind as a member of BDN Premium.  On the Monday after Thanksgiving, Matt Jones committed to Duke, but that didn’t make him any less [...]…

The waiting is soon to be over for Amile Jefferson: he’ll announce his decision on Tuesday. He’s down to Duke, State, Kentucky, Villanova and Ohio State.

Theo Pinson is, without a doubt, my favorite high school prospect in the class of 2014. Physically speaking, only Andrew Wiggins is on par with this athletically gifted two guard out of High Point Wesleyan, North Carolina. At 6’5″, 180 lbs and a seemingly endless wingspan, Pinson possess the prototypical size of a wing player [...]…

Jabari Parker is regarded as the top high school basketball player in the country. He is being recruited by dozens of…

Standing at close to 6-9 and packing 255 pounds, prospect BeeJay Anya is hard to miss when to take in a Team Takeover game on the Nike EYBL circuit.  Anya is a class of 2013 big man who has garnered a lot of interest and he recently told BDN that his coaches told him Duke [...]…

More bad news for Virginia Tech as power forward Montrezl Harris has requested a release. He s free to go wherever he plays…

Austin Nichols is a very skilled big man who is looking to rise up the recruiting rankings this summer.  Along with skill, Nichols is a very athletic player for his size. He has a face up game out to about 19 feet but can also execute good post moves with either hand. Measuring in at [...]…

According to an Adam Zagoria Tweet, Amile Jefferson will “decide/announce” by next Wednesday. So stay tuned… In another Tweet, he says that Maine Central Institute is dropping basketball. They’ve sent out some really good players including, if memory serves, Georgia Tech great Bruce Dalrymple.

This seems very unlikely, but who knows? Here’s a bit of video of Andrew Wiggins, Theo Pinson, and Tyus Jones talking about playing at Duke.

Ever since Mark Turgeon landed the Maryland job, we’ve been telling you guys he means business, and that, crucially, he was going to recruit hard. He’s off to a pretty solid start.

Tyus Jones is easily the best pure point guard in high school basketball right now. He possesses an extremely high basketball I.Q. and always looks to get his teammates involved. What I especially like about Jones is his mature game. He is only a sophomore in high school but plays like a senior guard in [...]…

Class of 2012 shooting guard Allerik Freeman was closing in on the end of his recruitment after he narrowed his list down to two schools — Kansas and Villanova — over two months ago, but after adding schools to his list and deciding to focus on the summer circuit, the end isn’t in sight. “I’ve been focusing on AAU lately; [...]…

The battle for South Carolina sophomore transfer Damontre Harris is heading to the home stretch. Harris, a 6-foot-9 forward, took a visit to Florida last week before spending the weekend at Kansas, and he’s now expected to choose between the two schools.

While James Young’s recruitment has been picking up, he’s still waiting on the one he most wants – Kentucky. Eric Bossi has more in this week’s Whispers column.

University of Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari isn’t finished filling his 2012 recruiting class, but he and his staff already are turning up the heat on the future.

  In our latest team and recruiting update we go behind the scenes on the happenings around the program and take a look at key prospects and talk of the off season for the team as well. If anyone tells you they know what is up with Amile Jefferson then they’re faking it for nobody [...]…

The late signing period has made us immune to surprise when a basketball recruit postpones his college announcement. UCLA-bound Tony Parker delayed his so many times that his name became a punch line.

Bret Strelow has a recruiting update posted which starts off talking about UNC target Troy Williams but also gets into a number of other people, including Amile Jefferson.

Maryland is after a potentially super recruit in Dwayne Morgan, a 6-7 forward whose parents were both college athletes at Clemson. State and Texas are also in pursuit, among others.

Austin Nichols, a 6-foot-8, 193-pound senior-to-be from Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis, has received a scholarship offer from Kansas University, Rivals.com reports.

An upcoming prospect in the class of 2013 goes by the name of Allerik Freeman. Freeman is a decently sized 6’4″, 204 lbs shooting guard from Charlotte, North Carolina. While having prototypical size for a two guard, Freeman does not necessarily have the prototypical skills. He can do his fair share of scoring but what [...]…

 “Point guards should only be judged by whether you win or lose. The rest of that stuff doesn’t matter.’’ -Mike D’Antoni In the humid central Florida city of Apopka, a 6’1″ point guard named Joel Berry II is working on perfecting his craft. For the past few months, he’s worked with trainer Cornell Rivers, who [...]…

2013 Rivals 4-Star prospect Ishmail Wainright has made the most of his move from Missouri to Washington DC. With college coaches flooding his phone with calls about scholarship offers, the rising senior is being recruited hard by around twenty five schools…

The Capel coaching family is savoring every NBA playoff win by the Philadelphia 76ers. Jeff Jr. is an assistant with the Sixers, who are on the verge of eliminating the top-seeded Chicago Bulls in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Class of 2013 small forward Ishmail Wainright was previously committed to the University of Missouri but has since taken a step back and reviewed his other options. He now has drawn interest from the top programs in the country including Duke, Ohio State, Florida and many others. Wainright has agreed to give National Recruiting Spotlight exclusive access [...]…