Barring the reclassification of a 2020 recruit, 2019 power forward Matthew Hurt likely represents the Duke basketball program’s last chance to add five-star talent to its 2019-20 roster.
Fortunately, a few signs suggest the Blue Devils, despite their not appearing on the 247Sports Crystal Ball, could still end up with the knockout blow in the blue-blood rumble for his services:
- Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, the recruiting wizard who has landed the nation’s last three No. 1 classes, surely wouldn’t have wasted his Valentine’s Day last week to travel to Minnesota to watch the 6-foot-9, 215-pound scoring sorcerer if he didn’t believe he still has a strong shot to sway him to Durham.