Posted On: November 13, 2009 By: Cliff Comments: (2)

Well Duke fans, Harrison Barnes is not coming to Duke as he chose the bad guys over at North Carolina this afternoon on ESPN U. Good ole Roy and the whole team around on Skype when Harrison announced which was pretty cool to see. Barnes is the type of player that the Blue Devils really needed to pick up as he is a player that can transform a good team to a great team and that means a national championship.

If you are sick to your stomach, don’t go looking at the signing class that UNC has put together for next year…

So now where does Coack K and the staff turn to? Will it be Roscoe Smith? C’mon down to Durham Roscoe!

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Posted On: August 16, 2009 By: Cliff Comments: (2)

Duke commit Andre Dawkins has confirmed that he will be enrolling a year early at Duke University as he has finished up his high school and was in line to receive his diploma late last week. Dawkins is all but ready to move into East Campus and help out the Duke Basketball team.

Dawkins told Coach Wojciechowski that he would like to wear #20 which transfer Elliot Williams wore before leaving the program during the offseason.

“We are excited about Andre joining our program,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said in a statement released by the university. “He is a very talented player and an excellent student. He worked hard throughout his high school career and this summer to put himself in this position. He will be an outstanding addition to the university and our basketball team.”

Dawkins is expected to help out at the shooting guard position where he is lethal from the three point line. Hopefully Andre can play some good defense and he will find himself on the court a lot in my opinion.

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Posted On: August 9, 2009 By: Cliff Comments: (0)

The Duke basketball team could get a bigtime boost in a few weeks if Andre Dawkins is able to skip his final year of high school and enroll early at Duke University. With the lack of depth at the guard position, Dawkins enrolling early would really give the Blue Devils a much needed boost at the position.

Dawkins could fill in behind Jon Scheyer and Nolan Smith while playing 15-20 minutes a game in my opinion. Sure he will have some bumps along the way but I’m willing to sit through those bumps because I think their will be a lot more positive plays than negative in his freshman campaign.

There has not been an official statement released by the university per NCAA rules at this time. We should here something more official as the first day of classes draws closer.

Stay tuned Duke fans!

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Posted On: May 18, 2009 By: Cliff Comments: (1)

Ouch, is about all I can with John Wall committing to Kentucky. Duke had hoped to receive a committment from Wall who would have stepped right into the starting lineup and played the point guard position for the Blue Devils however, Wall is headed to Kentucky where he is following Jon Calipari.

Sources say the recruitment actually came down to Kentucky and Miami with Duke coming in third. Had the decision been up to Brian Clifton who is Wall’s advisor, he would have chosen Duke. However, Wall wanted to play for Coach Calipari no matter where he was going to be coaching.

Losing out on this recruitment for Wall really hurts the Blue Devils. Wall is the type of player that can make your Sweet 16 team turn into a Final Four team just by being out ther on the floor. Even if it would have only been for one year, it would have been great to see Wall wearing Duke Blue rather than Kentucky Blue…

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Posted On: March 29, 2009 By: Cliff Comments: (6)

The Duke Blue Devils will soon be announcing that freshman sharpshooter Seth Curry will be transferring to the University and will be a member of the Blue Devil basketball team. Curry who averaged 20.3 in his Freshman season at Liberty will have to sit out the next season and will have three seasons left to play starting in 2010-2011.

Let’s hope he can shoot the ball just as good his big brother and dad once he puts the Blue Devil uniform on! We sure could use someone that can put the ball in the hole for long range.

Next up, hopefully we hear some good news about the recruitment of John Wall who was also on the campus this weekend to meet with Coack K. I’d love to add Wall as he would be at true point guard for the team. Give me Curry, Wall and a big man please!

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Posted On: November 18, 2008 By: Cliff Comments: (0)

Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski officially announced that Duke has signed two recruits during the early signing period. Ryan Kelly and Mason Plumlee both have signed scholarship papers and will be with the Duke basketball team next fall.

Both Kelly and Plumlee were rated in he top 20 for each of their positions by scouting services like scout.com and rivals.com. Kelly is actually rated as the #3 power forward by scout and a top 20 player overall. Right now Kelly stands in at 6′9 while Plumlee is 6′10. Both players play the power foward position in high school.

When Mason steps foot on campus he will be joining his older brother Miles who is a freshman on this years team.

Congrats to both Ryan and Mason on joining the Duke family! It will be a pleasure to watch you next season!

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Posted On: October 31, 2008 By: Cliff Comments: (0)

I’m sure that most of you know that the 4th rated shooting guard chose the Florida Gators over the Duke Blue Devils, Texas Longhorns, and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. There isn’t a whole lot to say other then Boynton chose to stay in his home state of Florida and this is one recruit that Duke did not get that will really hurt them over the next couple of years.

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Posted On: October 14, 2008 By: Cliff Comments: (1)

The Duke Basketball team picked up a verbal commitment from Ryan Kelly on Thursday. Kelly is a 6′9 205 lb forward from Raleigh. Kelly is ranked as the No. 11 prospect in the country by scout.com and the No. 14 prospect by recruiting analyst Bob Gibbons of All-Star Sports.

Kelly took official visits to Georgetown, Notre Dame, Wake Forest and Vanderbilt. He visited Duke and North Carolina unofficially.

Kelly averaged 24 points, nine rebounds and four blocked shots last season at Ravenscroft, which is coached by former Duke guard Kevin Billerman.

The Blue Devils picked up some much needed height with the commitment from Kelly. Now if he could put on 20 lbs of muscle I think he could do very well for the Blue Devils in a couple of years.

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