Build your custom FanSided Daily email newsletter with news and analysis on Duke Blue Devils and all your favorite sports teams, TV shows, and more. 8 overall on the 247Sports 2021 Composite and picked up an offer from Mike Krzyzewski in June. All College Basketball news from FanSided Daily, Baltimore Ravens full 2020 NFL mock draft, Everything we know about the status of UFC 249: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson, Maryland basketball: 2019-20 season review and 2020-2021 early preview, CFB betting: Teams handed the toughest schedules in 2020, Duke basketball: All-time starting lineup - From Laettner to Reddick to Zion, Kansas basketball: All-time starting lineup - Wilt Chamberlain headlines, Auburn basketball: 2019-20 season review and 2020-2021 first-look preview. - Page 2 Those two pledges alone could be a deterrent to Houstan if he is hoping to see at least 30 minutes per game as a college rookie. If we’re talking optimistic, pie-in-the-sky best-case scenarios for Duke, it has to involve Vernon Carey staying in school. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski's 2021 class could rival that of 2017 and 2018. Stay tuned to Ball Durham for more on Caleb Houstan plus other Duke basketball recruiting news and views. Column: Banchero commitment sets up Duke men's basketball for unique, talented roster in 2021. For those unfamiliar with Houstan’s coveted skill set, here’s the scouting report from 247Sports director of basketball scouting Jerry Meyer: “Has good size as a combo forward with shooting range. The NCAA is stripping Massachusetts of victories in men's basketball and women's tennis for overpaying 12 athletes about $9,100 in financial aid over three years. The Duke basketball program has never been the presumed frontrunner for Montverde (Fla.) senior Caleb Houstan, who ranks No. He didn’t indicate a timeframe for making a decision or favorites, but I would expect that the skilled forward from Canada…decides before the end of the early signing period.”. Not overly athletic, but plays with strength and has body control. Sr. Delray Beach, Fla. Atlantic. Visit ESPN to view the Duke Blue Devils team roster for the current season Most scouting reports are projecting Carey as a late first-rounder, which is good because he would get a guaranteed contract, but Carey could stand to increase his earning potential by playing his way into the lottery with another year at Duke. After a breakthrough regional appearance in 2016, snapping a 55-year drought, … Safety S 6'1" 200 lbs 0 Marquis Waters. Comes up with points off the glass. Baseball Lands Three on 2022 MLB Draft Projection List, © 2020 Duke Athletics. With that in mind, in combination with Bossi’s latest thoughts on the matter, it’s likely the only chance the Blue Devils have to reel in Houstan would be for at least one of Baldwin Jr. and Keels to soon announce they will head somewhere other than Durham. The Duke basketball roster will reload as it always does under Coach K, but here's how the starting lineup could look under a few different scenarios. Dangerous 3-point shooter. The fact Carey didn’t get to play in the NCAA Tournament could also hold some appeal. The only other remaining 2021 Duke basketball target is five-star center Charles Bediako, who ranks No. 1 and No. The rest of the best-case scenario means that the only departing players are Tre Jones, graduating seniors like Javin DeLaurier, Justin Robinson and Jack White and transferring junior Alex O’Connell.