Nation’s No. 1 shooting guard text’s Duke Jon Scheyer ‘all the time’
The Duke Blue Devils men’s basketball team has signed back-to-back No. 1 classes in the country, and they are going for a third. One of their top targets is Jordan Smith Jr., the best shooting guard in the country.Smith is the No. 4 overall player and No. 1 shooting guard in On3’s industry ranking. The 6-foot-2, 200-pounder is also the No. 1 player from Virginia.
While he doesn’t know when he will commit to one of his many suitors, he does know what he is looking for.The Fairfax, Virginia product has already taken his official visit with the Blue Devils as they battle some of the top programs in the country for him. He recently discussed his recruitment with On3’s Jamie Shaw at the at the USA Basketball U19 Training Camp and admitted it meant a lot that Duke’s coaching staff was also there recruiting him, and others.
“I mean, I got two teammates over there, Pat (Ngongba) and Darren (Harris), so seeing them all the time and talking with them all the time about how it is is really fun,” he said. “Coach (Jon) Scheyer texts me all the time, just seeing them here, in Colorado, is just wild. Not only does it show their commitment to recruiting me, but to the other players as well. They want to win national championships, and I love to win, so it really just fits the culture.”The culture is big for me,” he said. “The coaches, how they treat their players and the relationships they are able to build. Play style will matter to me, so I want to see their plan for me. And if I’m going to be at a school, I want to be able to have fun there. So a school’s environment, I’ll be looking at, too.”
