Fansided · Apr 2, 2020
Duke basketball: What Patrick Tape's change of heart implies
The Patrick Tape situation should serve as a Duke basketball lesson, but it could also prove to be a positive sign; either way, speculation about its meaning abounds.
Now two springs in a row, after watching a player back out of a commitment, the Duke basketball coaches have encountered what rival fans jump at the chance to label "a bad look."
Last May, it was four-star recruit Boogie Ellis, who had signed with Duke but ended up at Memphis. Late Wednesday, it was Columbia grad transfer Patrick Tape, a solid post presence who had joined the Duke basketball family only nine days prior and now hasn't said where he'll end up for his final college season — only that it won't be in Durham.