Duke Basketball: Cassius Stanley commits as Coach K crushes peers

The events in the weeks leading up to Cassius Stanley’s commitment on Monday point to Mike Krzyzewski’s ability to simply point at a recruit to convince him to become a Duke basketball player.

He came. He saw. He conquered. Despite entering this latest battle at the last minute, what would have been much too late for seemingly anyone else, Duke basketball recruiting god Mike Krzyzewski now has another notch in his belt.

Four-star 2019 shooting guard Cassius Stanley announced on Monday afternoon his decision to become the fifth piece to a Blue Devil recruiting class that, per 247Sports, was already ranked No. 1 (Coach K’s fourth consecutive envy-of-his-peers haul of high school seniors, also…