There are many questions on why the Dukes haven't signed anyone yet.  There are many of you who are excellent in following the players that visited plus I am not on twitter.  Maybe they just haven't made up their mind yet until they take all of their visits.  For those of you who know how to follow the recruits, did any of them that visited us already commit to another school?
Go Dukes

FAM wrote:

There are many questions on why the Dukes haven't signed anyone yet.  There are many of you who are excellent in following the players that visited plus I am not on twitter.  Maybe they just haven't made up their mind yet until they take all of their visits.  For those of you who know how to follow the recruits, did any of them that visited us already commit to another school?
Go Dukes

Of the five confirmed visits that I have seen, I don't believe any of them have committed elsewhere. I think, with all of the changes to NIL and other rules, it is not as simple to get a signature on the dotted line these days. A lot of negotiating. 

Samford Transfer Guard AJ Staton-McCray commits to Florida Atlantic University.

PhoenixRising2 wrote:

Samford Transfer Guard AJ Staton-McCray commits to Florida Atlantic University.

Disappointing, but a lot of mid major guys usually don't sign far from home when they are transferring to another mid major. I'm most excited about Dinkins, Corbett, Crawford, and the big guy from Monmouth (his name escapes me). Do hope we grab a quality transfer or 2 soon. Feels like there's more pressure in off season signings than there is in actual games. It's crazy man. Maybe a quality Juco or 2 will come our way as well. Here's hoping. Go Dukes all day.

FAM wrote:

Thanks Phoenix, glad we are getting some info.  Hmm...Florida, sun, beaches,..yuk!
Pittsburgh...rain, cold, rain, snow, rain, rain...Hmm...can't figure out why he chose Florida.  

I would not want a kid that thinks that way. Basketball is an inside sport. It's not football in November. I would like to see kids that see the potential here, not the sunshine. Basketball is not played on a beach. Real BB players come to a school to play BB, not to play on the beaches.

NapaDuke wrote:

FAM wrote:

Thanks Phoenix, glad we are getting some info.  Hmm...Florida, sun, beaches,..yuk!
Pittsburgh...rain, cold, rain, snow, rain, rain...Hmm...can't figure out why he chose Florida.  

I would not want a kid that thinks that way. Basketball is an inside sport. It's not football in November. I would like to see kids that see the potential here, not the sunshine. Basketball is not played on a beach. Real BB players come to a school to play BB, not to play on the beaches.

Nailed it. Where I grew up you played hoops outside all year round even in below freezing temps. Toughened you up and made you feel alive. You didn't feel the elbow hitting your eye and delivered it at random. I want tough kids that grew up in tough areas, not a bunch of softies. When you got indoors it was just icing on the cake and you could easily separate the tough kids from the softies.
 

Is it possible that Coach Dru knows the Bronny is coming here and delaying announcing others until that is official?
 

I actually wonder if we are waiting to see if Bronny is coming. If so, it may put us on another level of recruiting where we can get a higher caliber of player(s) given the national attention.  So I think our delay in signing is more related to evaluating the level that we can bring in based on success of the last season. 

Once we started making these commitments it puts us on a path for other recruitments.  We have an opportunity to make a statement with the early signings that in my opinion sets the course for the rest.

The first few need to be next level.

CTS wrote:

I actually wonder if we are waiting to see if Bronny is coming. If so, it may put us on another level of recruiting where we can get a higher caliber of player(s) given the national attention.  So I think our delay in signing is more related to evaluating the level that we can bring in based on success of the last season. 

Once we started making these commitments it puts us on a path for other recruitments.  We have an opportunity to make a statement with the early signings that in my opinion sets the course for the rest.

The first few need to be next level.

That is a good question. It is my understanding that a player has until May 28th to withdraw from the Draft to retain his college eligibility. That is an eternity in today's Portal World, where kids have only until May 1st to enter the Portal. I guess a player could announce hus college decision and stay in the draft to see what happens until May 28th. Really is very quiet.