Five-Star dropped Duke Basketball from recruitment

Perry (Ariz.) High five-star Koa Pete was scheduled to check out the Duke basketball program during an official visit with Jon Scheyer and the Blue Devils in September. But after the trip was postponed until the third weekend in October and watched as the staff in Durham recruited other talent to fill his position, the tour to Durham never materialized.

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So it came as no surprise Tuesday night that the 6-foot-9, 235-pound forward, son of former NFL offensive lineman Todd Peete, knocked the Blue Devils, along with a handful of other top-11 contenders, out of the top 11. he called back in January.

His last five, which he revealed to On3’s Joe Tiptonare Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Houston and Texas. Peete, ranked sixth in the 247Sports 2025 Composite, did not provide a timeline for a decision.

When it comes to the results of Duke’s efforts heading into 2025, the recruiting powerhouse tops the rankings with four honors spanning coast to coast. If that happens, it will be the program’s third No. 1 seed in the first four cycles of the Jon Scheyer era.

The Blue Devils start 2025 with five-star Bellaire (Texas) High forward Shelton Henderson, four-star Harvard-Westlake (Calif.) forward Nicholas Khamenia and the twin sons of 2001 Duke basketball national champion Carlos Boozer at the Columbus school. School (Fla.) five-star guard Cayden Boozer and five-star forward Cameron Boozer.

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