The hype around the 2024-25 Duke men’s basketball roster continued to grow on Friday.
College basketball writer Andy Katz released his ranking of the best guards in the country, and returning Blue Devils starter [autotag]Tyrese Proctor[/autotag] barely missed out on the top dozen at 13th.
Proctor, now entering his junior season, is one of two returning starters on the roster. The Australian came to Durham with lottery potential, but some offensive inconsistency held him back from the ceiling people saw within him.
He still ended his sophomore season with a career-high 10.5 points per game, however, and he led the Blue Devils with 3.7 assists. He scored at least 15 points in six different games last year, including a season-high 24 against Louisville and an 18-point game against James Madison in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Proctor finished the 2023-24 season shooting 42.3% from the floor and 35.2% from 3-point range, both improvements from his freshman campaign. With former team captain Jeremy Roach now at Baylor, Proctor will likely serve as Duke’s primary ballhandler for this coming season and could lead the ACC in assists.
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Katz’s latest ranking comes days after he ranked Duke freshman [autotag]Cooper Flagg[/autotag], the No. 1 overall player from the Class of 2024, as the best wing in the country before Flagg even played a collegiate game.