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Though not a Duke basketball megastar, Matthew Hurt is earning recognition.
This week, the Los Angeles Athletic Club unveiled the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25. And for the first time since the 2016-17 season, when Luke Kennard was the lone Duke basketball name, this watch list includes only one Blue Devil: sophomore forward Matthew Hurt.
The past three years saw two Blue Devils apiece make the cut: Tre Jones and Vernon Carey Jr. in 2019-20, Zion Williamson and RJ Barrett in 2018-19, and Marvin Bagley III and Grayson Allen in 2017-18.