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Assist-to-turnover ratios this season:

6.96:1 | Tyus Jones -- new NBA single-season record

3.62:1 | Tre Jones -- new Duke single-season record
 

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Zion Williamson is the 21st player to sweep the six major National Player of the Year Awards (Wooden, Naismith, NABC, Oscar Robertson, AP, Basketball Times).

Four Blue Devils have done it:
Williamson, 2019
Redick, 2006
J. Williams, 2002
Laettner, 1992
 

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Matthew Hurt joins the Duke Brotherhood!

Full : http://SportsHoopla.com/2Di3dWf
 

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Duke now has the No. 1 recruiting class in the @247Sports Team Rankings with the addition of Matthew Hurt to Vernon Carey, Boogie Ellis & Wendell Moore.
 

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Duke adds Cassius Stanley
 

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Officially Re-Loaded!
 

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Vernon Carey Jr. – 6-10 – 275 – Center – Southwest Ranches, Fla. – University School

Five-star center
Ranked as the No. 5 overall player in the ESPN 100 and the No. 3 center
Top-ranked player in Florida
Two-time USA Basketball gold medalist for the 2017 FIBA Americas U16 Championship and 2018 FIBA U17 World Cup.
Averaged 21.7 points, 9.0 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game his senior year at the University School
2019 McDonald’s All-American and played in the Jordan Brand Classic
2018 MaxPreps Player of the Year as a junior
As a junior in 2017-18, averaged 26.1 points and 10.4 rebounds to help his high school team to a 36-2 record, a 5A state title, the City of Palms Classic title and the final game of the GEICO High School Nationals.
Chose Duke over ACC North Carolina, Miami, Michigan State and Kentucky
 

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Matthew Hurt – 6-8 – 214 – Forward – Rochester, Minn. – John Marshall High School

Five-star recruit
Ranked No. 10 overall in the ESPN 100 and the No. 2 power forward
Top-ranked player in Minnesota
2019 McDonald’s All-American
Averaged 37.4 points and 12.4 rebounds per game as a senior
Earned Associated Press Player of the Year for the state of Minnesota
Finished with 3,550 career points and 1,451 career rebounds at John Marshall
Continues a recent trend of Duke players from the state of Minnesota with brothers Tyus and Tre Jones (Apple Valley) and Gary Trent Jr., who played at Apple Valley HS before transferring to Prolific Prep in California
Chose Duke over North Carolina, Kentucky and Kansas
 

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Cassius Stanley – 6-5 – 185 – Guard – Los Angeles, Calif. – Sierra Canyon High School

Four-star recruit
Ranked No. 29 overall in the ESPN 100 and the No. 6 shooting guard
Averaged 15.8 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game for Nike’s 17U EBYL team this past season
Played in the Jordan Brand Classic
Led Sierra Canyon to the California Open Division Championship his senior year, scoring 20 points and recording seven rebounds in the championship contest
Recorded a team-best 17.7 points, grabbed 6.9 rebounds and registered 2.9 assists per game his senior year
Named 2019 Daily News Player of the Year and CIF Open Division Player of the Year, which is considered the highest level of high school basketball in the state of California
Second Duke player in three seasons from Sierra Canyon High, joining 2018 consensus first-team All-American and ACC Player of the Year Marvin Bagley III
Chose Duke over Kansas, Oregon and UCLA
 

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Michael Savarino, Coach K's grandson and walk on at Duke! 6'1" PG from The Durham Academy
 

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Duke is in the Empire Classic (formerly the 2k Classic) this season at Madison Square Garden. Dates are November 21-22.

Teams: California, Texas, Georgetown, and Duke
 

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Duke is in the Empire Classic (formerly the 2k Classic) this season at Madison Square Garden. Dates are November 21-22.

Teams: California, Texas, Georgetown, and Duke

Duke by at least 20 in both of their games.
 

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Also able to confirm today that Duke will participate in the Battle of Atlantis in 2020.

Other teams in the field include Wichita State, Creighton, Ohio State, West Virginia, Utah and Texas A&M.
 

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Most steals by a Duke freshman in a single season:

81 | Jason Williams, 2000
77 | Chris Duhon, 2001
70 | ZION WILLIAMSON, 2019
68 | TRE JONES, 2019
67 | Bobby Hurley, 1990
64 | Tommy Amaker, 1984
59 | Tyus Jones, 2015
56 | CAM REDDISH, 2019
56 | Greg Paulus, 2006


Number of games in a Duke career in which a player recorded 8+ assists with no turnovers:

5 | Tre Jones (2019-pres.)
4 | Tommy Amaker (1984-86)
4 | Bobby Hurley (1990-93)
4 | Steve Wojciechowski (1995-98)
 

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I am happy to hear that Javin DeLaurier will be back!
 
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