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Thursday / December 12.
  • Duke, Kentucky Place 6 in Top 10 of Final ESPN Class of 2016 Rankings

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    Duke and Kentucky each placed three recruits in the final ESPN.com recruiting rankings for the Class of 2016.

    Duke placed Harry Giles at No. 1, Jayson Tatum at No. 3 and Frank Jackson at No. 10.

    Kentucky has Bam Adebayo at No. 5, De’Aaron Fox at No. 6 and Malik Monk at No. 9.

    The Wildcats also placed Wenyen Gabriel at No. 14 and Sacha Killeya-Jones at No. 24, giving them five players in the top 24 spots.

    Duke’s Javin DeLaurier also chimed in at No. 44.

    Filling out the Top 10, Kansas’ Josh Jackson is at No. 2, UCLA’s Lonzo Ball ranks at No. 4, Washington’s Markelle Fultz at No. 7 and Michigan State’s Miles Bridges at No. 8.

    There are six uncommitted players remaining in the Top 100: Jarrett Allen at No. 15, Marques Bolden at 16, Charlie Moore at 61, Taurean Thompson at 75, Deshawn Corprew at 91 and Alpha Diallo at 95.

    Among New York/New Jersey area players, Rawle Alkins (Arizona) ranks No. 21, Tyus Battle (Syracuse) ranks 35, Shamorie Ponds (St. John’s) 36, Ty Jerome (Virginia) 43, Thompson 75, T.J. Gibbs (Notre Dame) 80, Myles Powell (Seton Hall) 81, Mamadou Diarra (UConn) 93 and Bryce Aiken (Harvard) 99.

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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