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Duke’s 2011 recruiting class just officially got a lot smaller. Not in numbers, but in size. Tyler Adams, a 6’9″ 255 pound PF from Brandon, Mississippi was committed to the Blue Devils as recently as a few weeks ago, according to Evan Daniels of Scout.com.
Its getting out that Tyler Adams and Duke parted ways. From my understanding that happened 2 or 3 weeks ago.
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While word had been trickling out recently over Twitter and on various message boards that Adams and Duke were not as serious about one another as they were when he first made his verbal commitment back in April, nothing official had come out to the general public until this evening. This article, written by Ron Bailey of HoyaReport.com had some quotes from Adams after he decided to attend Georgetown’s Midnight Madness event instead of Duke’s Countdown to Crazieness.
When reports first surfaced that Adams was forsaking the opportunity to watch his future school’s banner-raising and ring presentation ceremony, many Duke fans were upset that a committed recruit would do so. No, it makes more sense as Adams and Duke had actually split ways prior to the event. Adams does still list Duke in his Top 2 with the Hoyas, but Duke fans should be the wiser as they have just recently been on the other side of this coin with a similar (but not identical) situation surrounding Austin Rivers’ recruitment.
Adams still intends to sign in the early signing period, which runs from November 10th through the 17th, as this tweet from Jason Jordan of Espn.com and HighSchoolHoop.com reports.
There is no reason now to speculate on why this has happened other than morbid curiosity and I choose not to partake in these things. At this point, it’s best for Duke fans to wish Adams the best in his future endeavors and concentrate on those players that want to be a part of the Duke Mens Basketball team.
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