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Message: [QUOTE="auror, post: 4769818, member: 1329"] They were always in the equation. The grandparents didn't suddenly become Duke fans. He himself is a multi-generational Duke fan. His Mom's college coach even later coached at Duke. The connections are many. Hurley gave it a great shot and made him think about it, but he was always going to Duke. People have been saying it would be the case for years at this point for a reason. Here's my reading between the lines: The Bossi report about Duke "having to make points" on the visit probably connects to the reports that they were somewhat lowballing him and we had a higher NIL offer. He wasn't going to base his entire recruitment on NIL, but Duke did have to be in the ballpark to show the commitment. They matched, and he'll go there. [/QUOTE]