Only minutes passed after highly touted recruit Zion Williamson of Spartanburg, S.C., announced Saturday that he would join two other top recruits in committing to play basketball at Duke. Then came the Facebook post claiming Duke had just won the 2019 NCAA men’s basketball championship.
Not so fast.
The commitments from the 6-foot-6 power forward Williamson, generally believed to be the second-best player in the high school senior class, along with top-rated 6-7 small forward R.J. Barrett, third-rated 6-7 small forward Cam Reddish and 10th-rated 6-2 point guard Tre Jones, assures that Duke will again have the most-talented team in the country next season.