Ryan Kelly, a 6-foot-10 forward from Raleigh (NC) Ravenscroft School, will announce his intention to play for Duke University tonight at 6:30 p.m. on ESPNU’s Recruiting Insider, according to sources.

Kelly selected Duke over Notre Dame, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Vanderbilt and Georgetown.

Ravenscroft head coach Kevin Billerman said he did not know which school Kelly was going to choose.
“I don’t know,” he said Thursday afternoon. “He is with his parents on their way to Charlotte (to an ESPNU studio).”

10/9/2008 3:22:08 PM

sucks, but maybe this should go in the bball recruiting thread? i'm not really scared. k will turn him into another mcroberts.

10/9/2008 3:23:32 PM

Hey, at least he didn't pick UNC.

10/9/2008 3:24:15 PM

my office is like 2 minutes away from that espnu studio

I should call in a bomb threat

10/9/2008 3:27:08 PM

i didnt want to put this in the STATE basketball recruiting thread b/c he was never going to pick state.

he doesnt deserve to be mentioned in that thread.

GG Shav 2.a for picking D00k

10/9/2008 3:27:38 PM

Is he a tall white guy who likes to play on the perimeter?

Coach K is racist.

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10/9/2008 3:32:06 PM

ibtl

10/9/2008 3:32:16 PM

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"Is he a tall white guy who likes to play on the perimeter?"

lol, if Arizona State's academics weren't so terrible he might have been a lock to play for he who shall not be named

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10/9/2008 3:47:37 PM

everytime nym410 posts I can feel the weight of all the worlds hate get a little heavier.

10/9/2008 4:13:31 PM

dook bball program is going down the shitter due to the over-recruiting of white guys.

10/9/2008 5:36:36 PM

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"Ravenscroft head coach Kevin Billerman said he did not know which school Kelly was going to choose. “I don’t know,” he said Thursday afternoon."

WTF? Did that really need to be included?

10/9/2008 6:04:00 PM

Yes it did, Kevin Billerman played at Duke hense the quote...

10/9/2008 7:24:39 PM

Guess that overrode Ryan dating Cowhers daughter.

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10/9/2008 7:25:03 PM

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"dook bball program is going down the shitter due to the over-recruiting of white guys."

sorry to burst your bubble, but UNC recruited this guy pretty hard, too

10/9/2008 7:40:37 PM

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"Yes it did, Kevin Billerman played at Duke hense the quote..."

Thanks for the proof of your basketball omniscience, but that's not what I was referring to.

Maybe I should have been more elucidative.

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10/9/2008 8:09:08 PM

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"everytime nym410 posts I can feel the weight of all the worlds hate get a little heavier."

I don't hate much and really don't hate anything/one outside of sports. Just Duke basketball, Philadelphia sports and the Yankees..

10/10/2008 1:49:51 AM

Thanks for clearing that up, I didn't realize bad journalism bothered you so much. I guess you dont get a chance to read the N&O/Charlotte Observer sports columnist to often.

Anyways bad call by Kelly imo, I always thought he'd fit in better at a Davidson or Wake where he'd actually be a star and 4 year starter... and get those academics he keeps talking about that are important.


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10/10/2008 9:45:52 AM

yep, another big man is wasted at dook.

10/10/2008 12:47:26 PM

You mean the recent big man success stories of Josh McRoberts and Shavlik Randolph in the NBA aren't helping them get recruits?

10/10/2008 2:27:19 PM

Well quite honestly Id go to Duke, if anything, for the academic education alone. Fuck the bullshit a degree from Duke will land you a job anywhere. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a fucking moron.

Anyway, UNC already has a huge 7 foot guy who LOVES to run the floor. That fits perfectly in to Roys system. I dont see it as a big loss for UNC.

10/10/2008 3:56:48 PM

If you're a highly-recruited bball player, I'd think your main goal is to get to the NBA, not getting a degree.

10/10/2008 5:52:19 PM

being highly recruited at one level isnt directly proportional to being recruited for the next.

You have to prove yourself in college first.

Although Im sure there are plenty of idiots in the NBA who dont know jack shit about how to manage their own money, nor make well informed and educated decisions about day to day life. Oh, that's something you definitely pick up in college though.

10/10/2008 10:16:49 PM

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"Although Im sure there are plenty of idiots in the NBA who dont know jack shit about how to manage their own money, nor make well informed and educated decisions about day to day life."

you don't have to go to dook to know how to do that. Basically every decent college will teach you that.

10/11/2008 7:07:50 AM

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"I dont see it as a big loss for UNC."

of course you don't, because you're a UNC homer who didn't even go to school there, get the fuck out of here wal mart nation

10/11/2008 11:09:47 AM

^it's also not a big loss because they already have 3 PF committed this year and the two from last year's class. their front court won't miss him.

10/11/2008 1:32:41 PM

the Wears twins are gonna suck

10/11/2008 1:37:19 PM

^truth

10/11/2008 1:49:54 PM

This guy is going to be a stud, though!!!

The Wear brothers will be equal combined to the Plumlee brothers. But Mason Plumlee is the best player of the four... Miles sucks though.

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10/11/2008 2:16:08 PM

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"the Wears twins are gonna suck"

they may suck, but I think John Henson, Ed Davis, and Tyler Zeller are better than the Plumlees and Ryan Kelly.

10/11/2008 2:45:39 PM

yeah Miles Plumlee will probably suck.. and Ed Davis and Henson will be better than all of them.. not sold on Zeller

10/11/2008 2:47:43 PM

it's all depend on the system IMO. Zeller will probably suck if he plays for coach K cause his defense is suspect and he won't get to run as much, which is his strong point.

10/11/2008 2:57:30 PM

honestly, i'm not completely sold on Kelly yet... would much rather have a big center like Josh Smith. but i don't mind winning recruit battles against Roy

10/11/2008 3:01:16 PM

Josh Smith is probably a lock for UCLA.

10/11/2008 3:01:47 PM