Recruiting is a funny business. Coaches and fans get wound up about a one prospect or one decision and then they go somewhere else and everyone is all upset about it.
This happened for Duke in the early K years when Curtis Hunter was the great prize. A Durham native, Hunter was a huge priority for a still-rebuilding Duke program.
But he chose UNC and Duke, needing a player of his size and talents, resorted to David Henderson.
Hunter had an injury-plagued career and Henderson emerged as the soul of K’s first great team.
So you never know.