Five-star forward Shelton Henderson will be in Durham for his Duke basketball official visit the first weekend of October. That, of course, coincides with the Blue Devils’ annual Countdown to Craziness celebration in Cameron Indoor Stadium next Friday night.
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First, though, third-year Duke basketball assistant coach Jai Lucas traveled to his home state of Texas on Wednesday to once again show the 17-year-old Henderson that he remains a top priority for Jon Scheyer’s crew. And it shouldn’t hurt that the 35-year-old Lucas, a former four-star prep who went on to play at Florida for a season before transferring to Texas, is an alum of Henderson’s Bellaire High School.
🏠!!! pic.twitter.com/vzGm5xOxFB
— Jai Lucas (@CoachJLuc) September 26, 2024
The Bellaire basketball program’s official account posted the following picture to advertise Jai Lucas’ check-in with Henderson at the school:
Duke University came in today to see Shelton Henderson!@DukeMBB @CoachJLuc pic.twitter.com/LWVVhZdfNo
— BellaireHS MBB (@BellaireBball) September 26, 2024
Henderson, a 6-foot-6, 220-pound chiseled athlete who landed an offer from Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer back in early June, ranks No. 22 overall, No. 5 among small forwards, and No. 2 in Texas on the 247Sports 2025 Composite.
In early August, he named a top six of Duke, LSU, Texas, Houston, Texas Tech, and Louisville.
There are still no expert forecasts in the 247Sports Crystal Ball or Rivals FutureCast for the Shelton Henderson sweepstakes. That said, two picks popped up in the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine back in July, and both still point to Scheyer, Lucas, and the Blue Devils eventually coming out on top.
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