VERNON CAREY , MATTHEW HURT, WENDELL MOORE, BOOGIE ELLIS, CASSIUS STANLEY !!!!

chov1125

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We’ve had a lot of top heavy classes recently. This class may not be too heavy but it is deeeeep. Lots of options for K. I hope all incoming players and returning players have the appropriate mindset. Nothing is given and each player must work for everything. Duke first. Let’s go to work boys.
 

Showenuff

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TheDude1

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Now let's hope it pays off in the tournament. We had a very top heavy team this year, and the main guys didn't seem to get a lot of support from the bench... I am REALLY hoping our bench produces next year.
 
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LH24ND

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Aside from the bigs testing the waters and I expect them both back does this close the book on this class??
 

TheDude1

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BTW...

Per RSCI, Summer 2019

Vernon Carey, RSCI #1
Matthew Hurt, RSCI #6
Wendell Moore, RSCI #22
Cassius Stanley, RSCI #27
Boogie Ellis, RSCI #49
 

Liftee

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Remember the articles a few months ago saying "Why can't Duke recruit top players any more"?

Since Wooden in the '60s (with the help of Sam Gilbert) there has been no one who could recruit like Coach K. He is absolutely amazing.
 

jrtplaya

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Remember the articles a few months ago saying "Why can't Duke recruit top players any more"?

Since Wooden in the '60s (with the help of Sam Gilbert) there has been no one who could recruit like Coach K. He is absolutely amazing.

We've come a long way from missing out on Monroe, Patterson, Barnes & the great Tony Parker. The right players always find their way to Duke.
 

dukebluesTX

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The talent will be 11 or 12 deep. The rotation will be 9 at the most, IMO. And more likely 8, if years past are any clue.
 

timo0402

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The talent will be 11 or 12 deep. The rotation will be 9 at the most, IMO. And more likely 8, if years past are any clue.
And that’s fine, it would mean those 8-9 separated themselves.

I also see a lot of posts about our bench contributions this year. We actually had a lot of them, but it was rarely consistent among a few players every night. For a large stretch of the year it was Ques and Jordan, or Alex and Ques, or Jav and Jack to start the year. None continually had it the whole year. I think what we need is consistently performing players that we can count on every night.
 

crazyduke3

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Great job once again by the staff! By the way, two 4 star players, will those who say will we don’t win because we don’t recruit multi year players remember this fact in the future?
 
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acc hoops

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Mar 24, 2004
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Hope Coach likes to play chess because he has a lot of pieces on the board.
I look for him to attack on offense and attack on defense.
 
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Shatterthesky22

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Dude. We're loaded. Like, REALLY loaded, we have 3 guys in Tre, Hurt and Carey who will be our big 3, then a ton of super talented, skilled and even experienced options after those guys. If this team can play solid defense, which, considering how good Tre and Jordan are, and how good Stanley and Moore are supposed to be...we could be flat out fvckin scary next season. I'm hyped!!!
 

DukeRulesBasketball

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Dude. We're loaded. Like, REALLY loaded, we have 3 guys in Tre, Hurt and Carey who will be our big 3, then a ton of super talented, skilled and even experienced options after those guys. If this team can play solid defense, which, considering how good Tre and Jordan are, and how good Stanley and Moore are supposed to be...we could be flat out fvckin scary next season. I'm hyped!!!
I’m just finally glad we have perimeter shooting!!
 

Duke Blu

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Hard to imagine nobody will transfer even if Bolden leaves

Tre
Jordan
Boogie
Wendell
AOC
Cash Stanley
Jack
Javin
Ques
Hurt
Baker
Vern

That’s 12 guys. 11 if Ques goes. 10 if Goldwire gets no minutes. Good problem I suppose but again, hard to imagine no transfers
 

dukebluesTX

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Goldwire impressed me late in the season. He put in some good minutes alongside Jones. What would be fun to watch, is if K played two teams of 5. Each team plays for 10 minutes and then sits. Then the other 5 come in and play. Never gonna happen and wouldn't work, but it would be fun to watch. Didn't Kentucky sub 5 at a time a few years back?
 

acc hoops

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At first I was worried about rebounding and that we might need another big.
With 6’7” Baker and White, 6’6”Alex, 6’5” Stanley and Moore I think we will be fine with 11 or 12 players.
 

Willcampbell

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Hard to imagine nobody will transfer even if Bolden leaves

Tre
Jordan
Boogie
Wendell
AOC
Cash Stanley
Jack
Javin
Ques
Hurt
Baker
Vern

That’s 12 guys. 11 if Ques goes. 10 if Goldwire gets no minutes. Good problem I suppose but again, hard to imagine no transfers
I'm transferring. Tired of waiting.
OFC
 
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pisgah101

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Great job once again by the staff! By the way, two 4 star players, will those who say will we don’t win because we don’t recruit multi year players remember this fact in the future?

Hopefully they play but yes agree