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    • Duke, Kentucky

    Kentucky is expecting close to 90 NBA personnel for its pro days on Sunday and Monday, a school spokesman said.

    Freshmen Bam Adebayo (No. 10), De’Aaron Fox (12) and Malik Monk (18) are all projected one-and-done first-round picks in the latest DraftExpress.com mock for 2017.

    “All 90 scouts are there to certainly see the development of Monk, Bam and Fox since arriving on campus,” one NBA scout said.

    ESPNU will televise Kentucky’s practice on Sunday from 7-9 p.m.

    Kentucky, Recruiting, St. Patrick

    HILLSIDE, N.J. — Nick Richards, the 6-foot-11 big man from St. Patrick’s High School, enjoyed his official visit to Kentucky this past weekend and will return to the campus in two weeks for Big Blue Madness.

    Richards also plans to visit Arizona and Syracuse in the coming weeks as he heads toward a college decision.

    “[Kentucky] was cool, I liked it,” Richards told me Tuesday before an open gym. “I got to watch two practices and it was pretty fun. I got to talk to talk to all the coaches, they showed a lot of interest in me. It was a fun visit overall.”

    He added: “I’m going to [Kentucky] Midnight Madness next weekend.”

    Monmouth

    HILLSIDE, N.J. — Marcus McClary is headed to Monmouth.

    The 6-foot-3, 180-pound guard from St. Patrick’s High School committed to the MAAC school during a press conference on Tuesday. He visited Monmouth officially this past weekend.

    McClary also considered Old Dominion.

    “It was more like a family atmosphere for me,” he said. “And when I got down there I just felt all the love and I knew this was the spot for me.”

    Duke

    Rick Pitino, who coached one of the greatest college basketball teams ever in the 1995-96 Kentucky Wildcats, says this year’s incarnation of the Duke Blue Devils could rival his historic club.

    That Kentucky club featured eight future NBA players and had Nazr Mohamed as its 13th man.

    “They’ve got a fifth-year guy (Amile Jefferson) who’s a terrific rebounder and basketball player and they’ve got great shooting, great coaching and a great system,” Pitino told Jon Rothstein on his Podcast. “They’ve got it all. They’re very deep and they’ve got two of the best in Jayson Tatum and Harry Giles — the one-and-two ranked high school players in the nation. They’re as good of a team as I’ve seen in the modern era.”

    Duke is the preseason No. 1 in most polls and is the Vegas pick to cut down the nets in April in Glendale, Arizona.

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