Duke recruit greeted too enthusiastically
Posted: Thursday, October 01, 2009 8:36 PM
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ACC, Recruiting
Recruits are meant to feel welcome when they visit college campuses.
Just not too welcome. Ask Duke.
Star prospect Kyrie Irving, potentially the game-breaking guard Mike Krzyzewski needs to get back to the Final Four, visited Durham last weekend.
And, like any hoops school, the students knew about the visit and wanted to do their part, posting signs around campus to welcome him. Nice, right?
Turns out it’s too nice.
"Once the Duke compliance staff became aware of the activity, it acted immediately and appropriately in addressing the situation," Duke associate athletic director Jon Jackson said in an e-mail to a reporter for The News & Observer.
The school didn’t comment on any self-reported violations. The NCAA didn’t either.
The move stemmed from a 1991 rules interpretation, which referred to a previous situation that also involved students displaying a sign about a recruit during a campus visit.
Clear as mud, right? In the future, better limit signs to picking up recruits at the airport…
