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Duke basketball: Jon Scheyer picks UNC target for first recruiting offer

Duke basketball head coach-in-waiting Jon Scheyer (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)

Duke basketball recruiting lives on with the beginning of a new offer list.

Dean Smith didn’t do it. Neither did Roy Williams. No, in this regard, Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski is taking a more honest route to his retirement than his former UNC nemeses. Rather than suddenly announce his departure after the upcoming season, which would have forced him to essentially mislead 2022 recruits, the 74-year-old devised a perfect plan.

Coach K disclosed this week his exit strategy a year in advance.