Duke provides prime worldwide prospect to stacked recruiting class

[ad_1] Prime worldwide prospect Dame Sarr has dedicated to Duke, the place he'll be a part of an already loaded recruiting class.

“Duke was my dream college," Sarr instructed ESPN. "I watched numerous NCAA video games this season, particularly Duke. Once I had the prospect to go there, I needed to take it.

“My final objective is to play within the NBA," Sarr added. "There isn't any higher place to arrange you for that than Duke. For me to be as NBA-ready as potential, and grow to be the most effective model of myself, I wanted to have each experiences — enjoying for a professional workforce like Barcelona and enjoying in a distinct sort {of professional} surroundings like Duke towards different gamers my age. Alternative, minutes, repetition — this route is the most effective subsequent step for me presently.”

The 18-year-old Italian swingman has been enjoying for Barcelona since he was 16 and was the second youngest participant to make their debut with the membership.

Sarr represented Italy on the FIBA U18 EuroBasket 2024, averaging 13.4 factors, 6.3 rebounds, 4.7 assists and three.1 steals in seven video games. He debuted with Italy’s senior nationwide workforce on the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers.

Sarr, a possible first-round decide within the 2026 NBA Draft, will workforce up with Duke’s three McDonald’s All-People and ESPN 100 recruits in Cameron and Cayden Boozer and Nikolas Khamenia.

A consensus top-three-ranked class for 2025, Duke continues to be an elite program in recruiting. This class follows up final 12 months’s, which featured 5 ESPN 100 recruits, together with Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel, who declared for the 2025 NBA Draft in June.

Regardless of shedding Flagg, Knueppel and heart Khaman Maluach, Duke appears primed to be a nationwide contender as soon as once more because it tries to construct on its Closing 4 run.