The Duke basketball coaches and their regular foes from Kentucky are currently neck and neck on the 2020 recruiting trail. Both are out to add just the right finishing touches to what are already four-deep classes — Duke holds commitments from three five-stars and one four-star while Kentucky has two of each.
Meanwhile, both juggernauts are sending assistants out to gain early advantages in key 2021 races. Both the Blue Devils and Wildcats have already extended five such offers — all to five-stars. Naturally, they overlap for three forwards: Jonathan Kuminga, Patrick Baldwin Jr., and Paolo Banchero.
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And a fourth overlap appears near considering Kentucky hinted at a fast-approaching offer by making a return visit this week — one week after the first and this time with head coach John Calipari in tow — to check out Archbishop Stepinac (N.