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Thursday / March 28.
  • AAU Coach Says Jones, Okafor Likely Headed to Duke

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    In news that shouldn’t be considered shocking to anyone, Mac Irvin Fire coach Mike Irvin says he thinks Tyus Jones and Jahlil Okafor will both end up at Duke.

    “In my mind, Duke has a really good chance,” Irvin told the Chicago Sun-Times. “Coach K has done a really great job recruiting him [Okafor].”

    He added: “I believe there is a great chance that Tyus will go to Duke. If so, Jahlil and Tyus will probably be going to school together.”

    Jones and Okafor have repeatedly said they will attend college together, with Duke long considered the frontrunner.

    Kentucky, Kansas, Michigan State, Ohio State and Baylor are also in the mix for both.

    Justise Winslow, a 6-6 wing from Houston St. John’s, may or may not also join Jones and Okafor in college. He recently picked up a Kentucky offer, making it theoretically possible all three could land in Lexington.

    Still, Winslow could also end up going his own way.

    “It would be great for that to happen. But I’m on a different path, so are Jahlil and Tyus,” Winslow recently told SNY.tv. “But if all of those pieces fall together, that would be great. It’s something that we are talking about, but I’m not 100 percent on it like they are.”

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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