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UNC Basketball: Tar Heels target commits to Duke

You can cross off class of 2020 guard D.J. Steward off the North Carolina Tar Heels’ big board.

After the Tar Heels showed interest in the five-star recruit out of Chicago by watching him play on the AAU circuit with Mean Streets, they decided to offer the guard in hopes of adding him as a legit wing. But on Wednesday afternoon, Steward announced his decision and now UNC will have to face him at minimum twice a year.

Steward took to Twitter on Wednesday afternoon to announce his decision, picking the Duke Blue Devils over the Tar Heels, Texas Longhorns, Arizona, Illinois, DePaul and Louisville among other programs:

Steward’s stock really rose over the Spring and Summer AAU circuits, picking up offers from UNC and Duke a long the way.