With reports that Kyrie Irving has committed to Duke, Scout.com’s Dave Telep is reporting (subscription required) that the New Jersey guard will announce his decision on Thursday.
Irving attended UK’s Big Blue Madness last Friday.
Meanwhile, both Rush the Court and Mike Miller of nbcsports.com believes the Irving-to-Duke news is true.
An excerpt from Rush the Court:
We know Zagoria doesn’t go around making things up, though, and he cited three separate confirmations from assistant coaches at rival schools who claim that Irving’s recruitment is over because Duke has locked him up. We’ll go with Zagoria on this one, as it’s more fun to speculate anyway, but we’ve been saying for a while that if Duke has plans on becoming Duke again, players like Irving and forward Harrison Barnes are must-gets.
An excerpt from Miller:
It could take a bit to shake out - he was just in Kentucky for Big Blue Madness and is slated to visit Georgia Tech and Seton Hall this month - but all signs apparently point toward the Devils.
His dad says Duke’s the favorite. Assistants are spreading the word. Irving admitted to “Dime” magazine that Durham was where he wanted to be, he just wasn’t ready to commit yet.
“I guess you could say that I’m leaning toward Duke,” he said. “I’m just not ready to commit. It was my first visit and of course I’m really high on them and like I said I have that feeling, but I think it’s only smart to compare it to something.”
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