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Duke Basketball: Blue Devils to host five-star 2019 PF Trendon Watford

Sparks appear to be flying between the Duke basketball program and five-star 2019 power forward Trendon Watford. As a result, an old list is going up in flames.

Despite narrowing his list to four back in December — Alabama, Indiana, LSU, and Memphis — Watford, who ranks No. 27 overall and No. 1 in Alabama on the 247Sports Composite, clearly answered last week whether he is interested in getting to know better his latest suitor:

“Yes, for sure,” he told AL.com’s Josh Bean after two Duke assistants were in attendance on Thursday to watch his Mountain Brook High School (Birmingham) advance to the state championship game.