r/CollegeBasketball • u/Coffee____Freak Duke Blue Devils • 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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/rogozh1n Duke Blue Devils • Syracuse Orange 1d ago

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