As promised this week, Nikolas Khamenia is right down to a ultimate 5 after eliminating over a dozen suitors from competition. Not solely did the Duke basketball employees advance to the subsequent stage of the Harvard-Westlake College (Calif.) four-star stretch-four’s recruitment on Friday afternoon, however Jon Scheyer and his crew additionally secured an official go to. And that is regardless of being comparatively new to the race, because the Blue Devils prolonged a suggestion in late June.
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Along with Duke, Khamenia continues to be contemplating Arizona, UCLA, Gonzaga, and the Blue Devils’ archnemesis, UNC. So, the 6-foot-8, 210-pound versatile expertise will both stay on the West Coast subsequent yr or play his school ball for one of many rival bluebloods on Tobacco Street.
Including to the all of the sudden heightened Duke vs. UNC intrigue within the Nikolas Khamenia sweepstakes, he instructed League Prepared that, for now, the Tar Heels and Blue Devils mark the final two of three official visits at the moment showing in ink on his calendar.
Khamenia, No. 27 general on the 247Sports 2025 Composite, will take a look at Arizona starting on Aug. 31 earlier than heading to UNC the primary weekend of September and touring the Duke basketball program the next weekend.
His solely official go to so far was to Gonzaga final October.
Neither Duke nor UNC has picked up its first pledge within the 2025 recruiting area.
