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Tuesday / November 5.
  • Gary Trent Jr. Cuts to Five

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    Gary Trent Jr., one of the top shooting guards in the Class of 2017, has trimmed his list to five schools: Duke, Kentucky, Arizona, Michigan State and UCLA.

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    The 6-foot-6 Trent Jr. and 6-10 Wendell Carter Jr. won a gold medal with the USA U17 team at the World Championship in Spain, and the two have talked openly about a potential package deal, with Duke the leading contender for both.

    “The package deal is most definitely on,” Trent said the other day at Adidas Nations. “He was actually my roommate at the Nike Academy and he’s my roommate before we go, so we have continue to bond and grow as people.”

    Carter Jr. is down to eight schools, including Duke, Kentucky and Arizona. His other five schools — Georgia, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Harvard and Cal — are not on Trent Jr.’s list.

    Carter did not mention a timetable for when he plans to commit, while Trent said he would like to make his decision in the fall.

    “I want to commit before the season starts.” explained Trent. “I don’t want to go every game with questions about where I’m gonna go or commit. So I want to get that out of the way.”

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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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