The Duke basketball staff has made Walker Kessler a priority for months.
Now, with only months until his expected fall announcement, all Mike Krzyzewski and his cohorts must do is convince the five-star 7-footer out of Georgia (Woodward Academy) that their program is a better fit for him than the rest of the final six he named to Rivals on Friday: Cal, UNC, Auburn, Gonzaga, and Michigan.
The Blue Devils’ efforts have not gone unnoticed to Kessler.
“Duke has, out of the bluebloods, recruited me the hardest, and Coach K has said he really believes in me,” Kessler told Rivals’ Dan McDonald.