Four scholarship freshmen. All potential Duke basketball stars. No clear-cut favorite. In this regard, though not quite as collectively high on recruiting rankings, the primary question about this year’s class is the same one folks asked about a former four-man class in Durham.
Leading up to the 1997-98 season, fans nor rankings could agree on who would be the top weapons among freshmen Elton Brand, Shane Battier, William Avery, and Chris Burgess. Once the season began, on the other hand, it didn’t take long to at least find out which one was the most overrated in high school (sorry, Burgess).