Tennessee is recruiting with college basketball’s elite these days, but you can’t win them all — though Rick Barnes is sure trying to. Five-star power forward Paolo Banchero committed to the Duke Blue Devils today, despite plenty of rumored momentum from the Volunteers.
Banchero announced his decision on Twitter on Thursday afternoon.
Tennessee was in the mix all along, but especially so after landing five-star guard Kennedy Chandler last week. The Memphis native chose Tennessee over Duke, Kentucky, North Carolina and Memphis, leading many to believe that Banchero could join him.