2026 five-star guard Deron Rippey Jr. has announced his top ten schools still in his recruitment, and the Duke basketball program has made the cut. According to Rippey's father, the elite guard is no longer considering Kansas and Indiana. This leaves his list of schools at ten: Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, Miami, Syracuse, Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Texas, and NC State.
Duke head coach Jon Scheyer took an in-home visit with Rippey on September 3rd.
The Blair Academy (NJ) product is the No. 11 overall player, No. 1 point guard, and No. 1 player out of the state of New Jersey according to the 247Sports 2026 Composite Rankings.