Recruting Update ('09), Other News

Sorry no post lately. Since it's the offseason, things are going to be down here unless there big stuff happens. First of all, lets congratulate Greg, because he, believe it or not, is being looked at by some NFL teams, and might even play college football next year. Funny how he takes  4 years off from football and then at the end of his college basketball career, teams are looking at him. I guess it speaks to his football ability. He was after all, the 2005 high school QB of the year.

Interesting, and I wish you the best in all of your post-Duke endeavors, Greg. Thank you for your time here, as well.

Anyways, here's a recruiting update for you: Our incoming freshman, the 09 class for those of you not in the know contains 2 commits, maybe another two if the John Wall saga ever ends, and if Eric Bledsoe gets accepted here. Ryan Kelly and Mason Plumlee, both 6-10,6-11ish are our two commits. Plumlee is obviously the brother of Miles, but he's different. He's not a big post scorer, but he has the skills to play all over the court. He is best while facing the basket, and here's a highlight vid for you. (sICK!) If you folks didn't catch the high school All-American dunk contest a couple weeks ago, here' something-Mason has some NASTY dunks. I could see him starting at the 5 for us next year. 

Next up is Ryan Kelly. He's similar to Mason in the way that he has a long, wiry frame, and also doesn't have the muscle to do work down low against bigger C's, although he does look like he has a couple nifty moves in the paint. Kelly, along with Plumlee the Second, is also a very versatile player, and can run the court very well, but he is best suited to play as a high post-big, or even a wing. Why is that ? He won the 3 pt shooting contest, and prior to that, I had no idea he could rain like that. Sweet. Second coming of Mike Dunleavy? We'll see. Here's Kelly in action. Both Kelly and Plumlee though, need to put on muscle.

Besides the two that have already committed, there are two other prospects that we are looking at right now. John Wall, who you all know about, if you don't, now you do. Yeah, thats right. This kid is DIRTY. He looks like to me, though, like a once every 4-5 years type of talent at the point. Being a one and done aside, if he found his way to Durham, that could be HUGE for us, K said to him that he'd be used like Jason Williams. Unfortunately, Kentucky (probably the favorite), with news coach Calipari, is also pushing hard for him. So are a couple other schools. Baylor, (yes, Baylor), UNC might be in it, N.C State, his hometown team......the winner of the Wall sweepstakes is LUCKY. There's practically a new twist in his long, drawn out recruitment though, everyday, so Google him to read the 10000000000s of articles on his recruitment to get the story. Props to him, though, he has all of these schools at his feet, and he's milking everything he can out of it.  

Next up is Eric Bledsoe, another PG, our fallback option if you will. One thing though, Bledsoe's grades are in question, as he has not been accepted to the university, I believe. Bledsoe looks like he'd be a good PG, almost like a Duhon type, simply from what I've read. I'd like him here if Wall goes elsewhere, but his grades are keeping him back. Here's a vid of him. Pretty good.

Well, that's whats going on in our 09 recruiting, and the John Wall saga continues on......

Tune in next time to see where Wall lands. $20 says at the way its going right now, he doesn't decide till October. 

Go Duke!