If you are anything like me, you have lamented the relative lack of recruitment success by our beloved Duke Blue Devils. If you are like the rest of America, your euphoria increases as Duke strikes out with elite recruit after elite recruit.
My dozens of fans may recall how I implored prep phenomenon John Wall to select Duke for his year-long audition for the NBA. After citing numerous statistics and exhausting every argument I could surmise, my disappointment was palpable when coach John Calipari convinced yet another point guard to sign up for his “dribble-drive” tutelage.
The Internet aftermath has consisted of blogger after blogger lambasting the failures of Duke’s recruiting efforts. Some have even suggested that 2010 could be a make or break recruiting class for the Blue Devils. To be candid, I considered writing a piece myself.
But then I had an epiphany: How could I sell someone else on Duke’s program unless I genuinely believed it myself?
The reality is that Duke continues to haul in McDonald’s All-Americans and turn them into NBA Draft Lottery picks. In other words, coach Mike Krzyzewski …
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