By ADAM ZAGORIA & SAM LANCE
Class of 2025 four-star guard Acaden Lewis visited Duke this past weekend for “Countdown to Craziness” and will next visit Kentucky Friday for “Big Blue Madness,” he told ZAGSBLOG.
Lewis — the 6-foot-3, 170-pound guard from Sidwell Friends School (DC) and the Team Durant Nike EYBL AAU program — visited Duke along with fellow elite recruits Shelton Henderson and Nate Ament.
“Same thing they’ve been preaching, they see me as the priority at guard and there would be early minutes to take,” Lewis said of Duke’s message.
The guard already visited UConn. You can read his thoughts on the UConn visit here. You can also read up on his previous Duke unofficial visit here. When Lewis reached his top eight, he broke down all three of his finalists: Duke: “That was really cool because that was the last one of the Blue Bloods. On top of that, they have somewhat of the DMV pipeline with guys like Trevor Keels, Darren Harris and Pat Ngongba. They’ve had a pipeline and successful guys from this area, so it’s great to see that they think I could be the next big thing from this area. I have a great relationship with coach [Jon] Scheyer and his staff; they just seem fired up about me and think I can come in and play big minutes right away.” Kentucky: “It was good, that [the unofficial] was my first time really meeting [Mark] Pope in person, and he spoke highly of me and really said I could play in his system. They have a lot of experience in that staff: Coach Pope went to the NBA, and Coach [Jason] Hart went to Syracuse and then played in the league for 10 years, so he’s an NBA vet. Kentucky is one of the biggest brands in basketball as well.” UConn: “Coach [Dan] Hurley is a great guy. He’s super straightforward, which I like, and I need a coach like that to tell me when to tell me when I mess up or what to improve on; he has a good balance of that, and the guys really love him. It’s different there, going on the unofficial; the practices were the best I’ve seen: [they have] a great pace and the guys were all locked in, so that was great to see. And, obviously, they win, and you want to be in a winning program with winning culture and one that values their guards.” Follow Sam Lance on Twitter Follow Adam Zagoria on Twitter Follow ZAGSBLOGHoops on Instagram And Like ZAGS on FacebookFive-star class of '25 recruits Nate Ament, Shelton Henderson, and Acaden Lewis in attendance for Duke's Countdown to Craziness event 👀 pic.twitter.com/plmPSDtP1j
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