Kyrie Irving Update

One of Duke’s top targets for the class of 2010 is point guard prospect Kyrie Irving. This weekend, Irving is at the Deron Williams Skills Academy. A Duke Basketball Journal correspondent caught up with Irving, who was nice enough to share a few things about his recruitment.

1) Irving has a very busy travel schedule for the month of July and said that he is unlikely to take any more recruiting visits until August.

2) He is interested in visiting Duke again because he did not have much time to look around the campus when playing at the Tournament of Champions earlier this year. Kyrie is also looking for the opportunity to have a more extended meeting with the coaching staff on a future visit.

3) Kyrie enjoyed his recent visit to Texas A & M and was impressed with the new state of the art gym and practice facilities.

4) The most important factors influencing his decision have not changed. Irving is still looking for a coach that he can develop a strong relationship with and a school that offers academic programs of interest to him. It’s important that he is comfortable with both the basketball and academic environments of the school he chooses.

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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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