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Duke Basketball Coaches in Contact With Promising '3 and D' Prospect
La Lumiere School (Ind.) junior Chuck Love is the latest of a few four-star 2025 preps who have recently reported interest from the Duke basketball staff. Even so, thus far in the cycle, second-year Blue Devil head coach Jon Scheyer and his gang have extended offers exclusively to five-star talents, eight altogether.
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Perhaps Love, a long-limbed athlete who could develop into an ACC-caliber force, will land on the Duke basketball wishlist eventually. He told 24/7 High School Hoops that the Blue Devils are among those reaching out, along with Illinois, LSU, Michigan State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Oregon, Washington, West Virginia, and Xavier.
The 6-foot-8, 185-pound "3&D" prospect, who holds roughly a dozen offers and has taken unofficial visits to Illinois and Missouri, ranks No. 70 overall, No. 15 among small forwards, and No. 6 in Indiana on the 247Sports 2025 Composite.
MADE Hoops' Max Feldman summarized Love's upside in November:
"It doesn't take too long to see the appeal with Love — now standing at 6-8 with a plus wingspan and a wiry frame to go with a fluid, easy stroke from beyond the arc...He shoots it with confidence, is capable of guarding multiple spots, and has promising instincts as a connective passer in the half-court."
Duke basketball's ambitious 2025 offer sheet hasn't yielded any early commitments yet. But it's worth pointing out that none of the targets have publicly eliminated the Blue Devils either.
Stay tuned to Blue Devil Country on SI.com for more Duke basketball recruiting news.