+1
Well, here's my 2 cents. A 2nd visit, most likely at the request of Duke, makes me think they are worried about losing him. It's when that new gym in town calls you back after a week, asks how the trial went, and if you'd like to come by again. Or when the car salesman follows up after the test drive. Duke appears to be where most think he will land, right? Well why would Duke need to schedule a last-minute visit after they just saw him.... At the very least, Kentucky, and maybe others, are gaining traction with Ingram and Coach K is worried.
Unless he told them he's Duke-bound. It's not like the coaching staff at Duke needs to go a far distance to visit this young man and set up the commitment in a week.
I think it's more likely he's simply telling them he'd Duke-bound tonight. He also might be setting up some sort of formal announcement where the coaches can be present since the Duke program is so close.
Ahhh, can you say Luke Kennard ???? It has happened in the past !
I agree.
Would suck to find out he almost chose Kentucky, but tonight's second meeting with K was the difference.
True. I'm just placing that any non disadvantage for Duke as an advantage for them because of the distance to home.
You're absolutely correct.
By the way, he's still scheduled to meet with UNC on Wednesday. The way these last few weeks have gone UK has not caught any single break, and I don't think Ingram's recruitment will go any differently. Just my 2 cents.
So by him going to UNC last, with the assumption that he's actually taking the time to see the program, campus, coaches, etc... I can't see him using the 2nd Duke meeting as a way to commit or give them the nod. To me this really now sounds like UNC (after a terrible recruiting year), Kentucky (unexpectedly losing a few more players and missing a few recruits) and others gunning for one of the last few recruits available, and Coach K taking notice, making sure he's in the kids ear and he doesn't lose his grip on him.
UNC is going to his house, he's not going there...although he's been there multiple times over the years. I, like most, believe it's Duke, any doubt is now gone after these latest developments -- asking for Duke to come back (not Duke asking him) and setting the date for a few days later. However, in the long run this might help UK and UNC more than actually getting him. Let me explain.
He is/was a big UK fan. He even said at the Jordan Brand game that he had to turn his sheets over when Coach K came for his visit because they were covered in UK logos and there was other UK stuff all over his room. Not really sure why he'd pick Duke over us, but I think alot of it had to do with Charles Matthews committing just a week or two before. Maybe he felt jilted by Cal since he and Matthews were both considered very similar in size and playing style and were also ranked similarly at the time yet Call took Charles commitment despite knowing how big a fan Kennard was.
