More basketball recruiting links: Duke’s 2022 class coming together (plus UK notes)
Duke will have a new basketball coach for the first time in more than 40 years when the 2022-23 season begins, but the Blue Devils are still looking for their first commitment from the 2022 class.
They could be getting one soon.
The 247Sports Crystal Ball has been buzzing in recent days with two highly touted prospects from 2022 expected to join Duke for the beginning of the Jon Scheyer era. The Blue Devils are now considered the clear favorites for five-star wing Dariq Whitehead and four-star center Kyle Filipowski, both of whom visited Durham last month.
Whitehead — the No. 6 overall player in the 2022 class, according to the 247Sports composite rankings — will announce his college decision Aug. 1 and is seen as a heavy Duke lean. Filipowski — No. 33 in those rankings — also visited Indiana, Iowa, Ohio State and Syracuse recently, but Duke has all of the predictions on his Crystal Ball page.
Kentucky and Duke have obviously been college basketball’s biggest recruiting rivals over the past few years, but UK has not been seriously pursuing either player. The biggest 2022 name on both teams’ radars is Dereck Lively II, who visited both schools in June, along with North Carolina.
It’ll be interesting to see how the UK-Duke dynamic evolves once Scheyer takes over for Mike Krzyzewski after this season, and Lively looks to be the first big player at the center of the next chapter in that recruiting battle.
Here are this week’s top UK recruiting links:
No Kofi to Kentucky: Cockburn will not be transferring to play for the Cats
Next big Texas recruit: Top 10 prospect Tyler Smith already has UK atop his list
Louisville and UCLA among new offers for breakout 2022 recruit Yohan Traore
Q&A with 2022’s Julian Phillips, who is keeping his recruiting options open
Top analyst: Reed Sheppard positioned to make ‘serious climb’ in 247 rankings
Analyst notes on Reed Sheppard, Chris Livingston, possible target Julian Phillips
From Twitter: Reed Sheppard landed an offer from Clemson on Tuesday night.
UK target Kofi Cockburn will make his college announcement sometime Friday
Maki Johnson: We talked recruiting with the sharp-shooting Huntington guard
High expectations: Kentucky jumps to No. 2 seed in new ESPN Bracketology
From Twitter: Reed Sheppard landed an offer from Ohio State on Monday
UK target Omaha Biliew steps into national spotlight on AAU scene
Column: The possibilities for Memphis with Penny and Larry Brown sound amazing
Overtime Elite league lands a player from the Philippines as its latest big signing
Latest on CJ Fredrick: Kentucky transfer undergoes offseason medical procedure
Illinois Coach Brad Underwood talks about UK transfer target Kofi Cockburn
With Larry Brown in the fold, what’s next on Penny’s to-do list for Memphis?
No. 1 recruit Jalen Duren talks about his college options: UK , Memphis and Miami
Q&A with 2022 guard Anthony Black, who Kentucky watched play over the weekend
Will Reed Sheppard play at UK? Courier Journal takes a look at other father-son duos
Kentucky target Baye Fall mentioned in Under Armour notes from weekend event
Duke is now among the schools picking things up with 2022 forward Tyler Nickel
National: Xavier landed a commitment from a top 50 recruit on Monday afternoon
Analysis of Reed Sheppard, Chris Livingston and other locals from the Adidas event
Major target Dereck Lively on his UK visit: ‘Everything there just blew my mind’
UK target Chris Livingston not planning to make decision until after senior season
Four-star big man Yohan Traore is on the rise in the class of 2022
Kentucky target Keyonte George hopes to announce a college decision by late August
Rivals.com analyst: Keyonte George is looking more and more like a point guard
This story was originally published July 12, 2021 at 4:21 PM.
