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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Posted On: June 27, 2008 By: Cliff Comments: (2)

The Duke Basketball team was hoping to get a commitment from Leslie McDonald a shooting guard in the 2009 class but he chose North Carolina over the Blue Devils.  The Blue Devils quickly turned their attention to Andre Dawkins who is the third rated shooting guard in the 2010 class.

Dawkins took a trip down to Durham, and quickly said yes to the scholarship offer that was in front of him.  Dawkins 6-5 190 lb shooting guard from Chesapeake (VA) Atlantic Shores.  He is currently rated the third best shooting guard in the 2010 class and has been given five starts by rivals.com.

Welcome to the Blue Devil family Mr. Dawkins!

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Posted On: May 2, 2008 By: Cliff Comments: (0)

Miles Plumlee has decided to play at Duke.  Plumlee originally signed a national letter of intent with Stanford but asked for and was granted his release after Trent Johnson left Stanford for LSU.

Plumlee is a 6’10 230 lb power forward that will need to add on some pounds to make a big difference in the ACC conference.  Plumlee averaged 15.8 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.5 blocks while leading Christ School to its second straight NCISAA State Championship as a senior.

Miles has a younger brother named Mason, a 6-11 junior forward at Christ School, that committed to Duke in February for the Class of 2009.

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Posted On: November 2, 2007 By: Cliff Comments: (1)

The Nations 16th ranked player in the 2008 class has said yes to the Duke Blue Devils! Elliot Williams, a 5-star point-shooting guard from Memphis, Tennessee picked the Blue Devils over schools like Memphis, Tennessee, and Virginia. There were a lot of other high profile teams trying to recruit Williams as well.

Rivals.Com lists Williams as the third best shooting guard in the country. I expect Williams to play some point guard as well shooting guard. He stands in at 6’4 and 175 lbs.

Welcome to the Duke Family Mr. Williams!

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Posted On: October 14, 2007 By: Cliff Comments: (1)

Well highly touted Greg Monroe has committed to the University of Georgetown instead of the likes of LSU and Duke.  Last week Monroe said that he would take an official visit to Duram for the Blue/White game but that never happened.  Instead he ended the recruiting process and has chosen the Hoyas.

I wish Mr. Monroe the best, unless the Blue Devils and Hoyas face off!

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Posted On: October 9, 2007 By: Cliff Comments: (0)

The number 1 player in the country has officialy set a visit date to visit Duke.  Greg Monroe will be on campus Oct 28th for the Blue / White game.  If you plan on attending the game, please let Monroe know how much we want him at Duke!

This could be a bigtime signing for Coack K and the staff if Monroe does decide to join the Duke family.  Right up there with a Elton Brand or Shane Battier signing.

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