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Duke basketball is closely eyeing a prime UNC basketball recruiting target.
The UNC basketball coaches have been in contact with Sylvan Hills (Ark.) shooting guard Nick Smith Jr. for about a year now and extended an offer to the four-star junior back in December. Meanwhile, although their rival Duke basketball counterparts still have all of zero offers out to 2022 recruits, one could be in the works for the 6-foot-4, 185-pound jack of all backcourt trades.
Speaking this week with Stock Risers recruiting insider Jake Weingarten, Smith gave his thoughts on the heightened attention coming from the Blue Devils as of late:
“Yeah, everybody knows about Duke.