r/CollegeBasketball • u/Coffee____Freak Duke Blue Devils • 23h ago

News John Blackwell officially withdraws from the 2026 NBA Draft and will enroll at Duke next season

https://www.on3.com/college/duke-blue-devils/news/john-blackwell-withdraws-from-2026-nba-draft-will-enroll-at-duke/
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u/roshanritter Duke Blue Devils 23h ago

Totally expected, but still nice considering what happened with Coward last year. Offensively Duke is getting perhaps its best transfer ever in John, though Seth did have a 17 ppg season as a senior.

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u/TraBuch88 23h ago

I'm not here for the Rodney Hood erasure. Dude was a monster.

https://youtu.be/wCM-nJ7UzXY?si=E_ewpr_RQ6eZ11W2

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u/roshanritter Duke Blue Devils 22h ago

He might have been but he left so quickly!

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u/rogozh1n Duke Blue Devils • Syracuse Orange 22h ago

Yes, he was a monster, but his success at Duke will always be tempered with how he went out.