Duke’s Best Recruiters, It’s Not Who You Think!

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Coach K, Coach Collins, Wojo, and Nate James are all great recruiters. However, at the NBAPA Top 100 Camp this weekend Duke’s top recruiters were its 2010 commits – Andre Dawkins, Tyler Thornton, and Josh Hairston. These 3 guys were spotted on a few occasions talking with top prospect Harrison Barnes and reportedly selling him on Duke.

Luckily for Duke fans it did not stop their as Andre Dawkins and Josh Hairston set their sights on Kyrie Irving as well. Dawkins and Hairston made it known that they would like to have Kyrie as their teammate in 2010.

In a final bit of good news for Blue Devil fans it seems that the mothers of Tyler Thornton and Harrison Barnes are good friends. The two Moms spent a good chunk of the camp side by side.

None of this guarantees that either Barnes or Irving will ultimately commit to Duke. But it’s great to see our future players already being good ambassadors for the University.

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