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Duke basketball jumps to fifth in the 2025 recruiting rankings after Boozer commitments

After Cameron and Cayden Boozer became Duke’s first 2025 commitments, the Blue Devils vaulted to fifth in the class rankings.

Duke basketball fans might be surprised that it took head coach [autotag]Jon Scheyer[/autotag] and his staff until October for their first 2025 commitments, but the Blue Devils came through in a big way with the addition of Cameron and Cayden Boozer on Friday.

The twins from Miami, both ranked within the top 25 in 247Sports 2025 rankings, helped move the Blue Devils to fifth in the site’s team rankings with just two commitments.

As of Friday afternoon, Kentucky Wildcats are the only other school with multiple five-stars in the Class of 2025 (guard Jasper Johnson and center Malachi Moreno). The Notre Dame Fighting Irish sit atop the rankings with four commitments, but the Clemson Tigers (seventh) and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (ninth) are the only other ACC programs within the top 10.

Including the Boozer twins, 13 five-star prospects have now committed to Scheyer and the Blue Devils since the Class of 2022. Duke also made the final three for five-star small forward Shelton Henderson earlier this week, so Scheyer and his staff might not be done yet.

Carlos Boozer, the father of Cameron and Cayden, won a national championship with the Blue Devils in 2001 before a lengthy NBA career.

Duke basketball coach Jon Scheyer has landed more than a dozen five-stars since 2022

With the addition of the Boozer twins, Jon Scheyer has landed multiple five-star prospects in each of his four recruiting classes.

Duke basketball coach [autotag]Jon Scheyer[/autotag] did something on Friday that’s become a frequent occurrence since he took over the Blue Devils: he reeled in a commitment from a five-star prospect.

Cameron and Cayden Boozer, two of the top 25 prospects in the Class of 2025 recruiting rankings, announced their commitments to the Blue Devils on Friday, making them the first two members of Scheyer’s 2025 recruiting class.

Both brothers are five-star talents according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings, meaning that 13 such players have now committed to Scheyer since the Class of 2022.

The 2024 recruiting class has obviously been the talk of the school this summer with top-ranked freshman [autotag]Cooper Flagg[/autotag] and 7-foot Olympian [autotag]Khaman Maluach[/autotag] leading a roster that looks like a preseason favorite to win the national championship.

Wisconsin native Kon Knueppel vaulted all the way to sixth on ESPN’s prospect ranking after analyst Jonathan Givony watched him in practice, and Isaiah Evans was named North Carolina Mr. Basketball in each of his last two seasons of high school.

[autotag]Jared McCain[/autotag], now a member of the Philadelphia 76ers after his impressive freshman season, was one of two five-star prospects in the Class of 2023, and Scheyer’s first recruiting class was almost as loaded as this year’s. Dallas Mavericks center Dereck Lively II, two-time All-ACC forward Kyle Filipowski, and returning starter Tyrese Proctor highlighted a class with five five-star signees.

While the blue-chip talent hasn’t translated to a national championship yet, it’s still produced an ACC tournament title and a trip to the Elite Eight in Scheyer’s first two seasons. With Flagg and the Boozers both zeroed in on championships (and some 2024 signees likely to still be in Durham when the twins arrive in 2025), the odds of a sixth title only climb with each passing year.

Cameron and Cayden Boozer have their eyes set on a national championship with Duke

According to a Friday feature in Sports Illustrated, Cameron and Cayden Boozer don’t just want to play for Duke. They want to win at Duke.

Duke basketball fans already have a lot to look forward to with the 2024-25 Blue Devils, anchored by top-ranked freshman [autotag]Cooper Flagg[/autotag] and three other five-star signees.

Head coach [autotag]Jon Scheyer[/autotag] pulled in commitments from top 2025 talents Cameron and Cayden Boozer on Friday, however, and they want the Cameron Crazies to keep an eye on 2025-26.

According to a Friday feature from Sports Illustrated’s Kevin Sweeney, the twin brothers from Columbus High School don’t see why their goals should be anything less than a national championship.

“If that’s not our standard, we’re selling ourselves short,” Cameron said.

The twin’s father, Carlos Boozer, won a national championship with the Blue Devils back in 2001. He played three seasons for legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski before taking his talents to the NBA.

While the brothers, both top-25 prospects in the Class of 2025 rankings, can already call themselves some of the best players in the country, Sweeney wrote that the Boozers have their eyes on much loftier goals.

“There are a lot of players that plateau in high school,” Cameron says. “My biggest thing is not being one of those guys.”

Whether the Boozers are fighting for Duke’s sixth national championship or seventh, their Durham journey begins next fall.

Duke basketball surged past Miami late in the process for the Boozer twins, per reports

While Cameron and Cayden Boozer followed their father’s footsteps, reports indicate that Duke was not the favorite through the process.

Cameron and Cayden Boozer, the twin sons of former Duke basketball star Carlos Boozer, announced their commitment to the Blue Devils on Friday morning.

While fans around the country felt like this was a foregone conclusion because of their father’s collegiate career, multiple reports on Friday indicate that head coach [autotag]Jon Scheyer[/autotag] and his staff actually began the process as underdogs.

The Athletic’s Brendan Marks and 247Sports’ Travis Branham both posted on X (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter) that the Miami Hurricanes and Florida Gators started ahead of Duke in the race for the Boozer brothers.

“Miami and Florida led for much of the time but the recent unofficial visits proved to be critical with Duke grinding out the victory,” Branham wrote.

“Huge recruiting win for Jon Scheyer, who gets his centerpiece(s) for next season’s team,” Marks added.

The Columbus High School products are two of the top 25 players in the Class of 2025, with the 6-foot-9 Cameron being the fifth-best Duke basketball commit of the century according to 247Sports.

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The brothers become Scheyer’s first commitments in the Class of 2025.

Cameron and Cayden Boozer announce commitment to Duke basketball

2025 prospects Cameron and Cayden Boozer, the twin sons of Duke basketball legend Carlos Boozer, committed to the Blue Devils on Friday.

Cameron and Cayden Boozer, two of the top prospects in the Class of 2025, announced their joint commitment to the Duke Blue Devils on Friday.

The twin sons of former Duke basketball star Carlos Boozer, the Columbus High School products chose the Blue Devils over the Miami Hurricanes and Florida Gators.

Cameron, a 6-foot-9 power forward and 247Sports’ second-best prospect in the class, is considered one of the most dominant high-school talents in the country. He led the Explorers with 22.2 points, 11.4 rebounds, and 2.1 blocks per game as a junior. He remains locked in a battle with fellow five-star AJ Dybantsa for the top spot in the recruiting rankings, and Cameron is considered the player with the highest floor among his classmates.

“Boozer is the surest thing in high school basketball,” 247Sports Director of Scouting Adam Finkelstein wrote in his scouting report. “He has an extremely versatile and mature two-way floor game. It’s just hard to envision a scenario where he’s not a successful basketball player at the highest levels for years to come.”

Cayden, for his part, averaged 12.0 points and 7.6 assists per game. As the No. 21 player on the 247Sports 2025 rankings, he brings prototypical size to the position at 6-foot-4 and 205 pounds. He’s considered one of the best and most efficient passers in the class, finishing his junior season with a 2.49 assist-to-turnover ratio.

The Boozers become the first 2025 commitments for Duke basketball coach Jon Scheyer and his staff. The Blue Devils did make the final three for five-star small forward Shelton Henderson on Thursday, however, so another stacked recruiting class could be on the way.

The Boozer twins joining Duke is a bigger win than getting Cooper Flagg

Cameron Boozer and Cayden Boozer announced their collegiate decision and they will play men’s college basketball at Duke. 

Cameron Boozer and Cayden Boozer announced their collegiate decision and they will play men’s college basketball at Duke.

This is a major win for Duke men’s head basketball coach Jon Scheyer, who officially landed a commitment from one of the top recruits in the nation for the second year in a row. Cameron Boozer is currently the No. 2 player in the class of 2025 and his brother, Cayden, is No. 21 in the class.

It is not exactly shocking that the twin brothers will attend the same school as their father, Carlos Boozer, who won an NCAA title at the university in 2001. But it is majorly impactful for Scheyer.

Plus, t was reportedly not a lock that these incredible basketball players would go to Duke. So for the program to land them both over Miami and Florida was a major win in an era post coach Mike Krzyzewski.

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This news comes one year after the coach also received a commitment from Cooper Flagg, who is the No. 1 player in the class of 2024.

We project that Flagg will also hear his name called as the first pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, though, so his stay in the NCAA will likely not be long.

Flagg is an elite prospect and joins Wembanyama as one of the best we have evaluated in recent years. But he is just one player who will only be on Duke campus for a few months.

The Boozer twins will headline a Duke recruiting class as two top-tier NCAA prospects. Even though Cameron is almost certainly a one-and-done prospect like Flagg, perhaps Cayden decides to stay an extra year in college. It isn’t an impossible thought!

Plus, it should inspire more highly-touted recruits to play alongside them.

That means Scheyer may have just landed more than two seasons of college basketball in one fell swoop, which is impressive work from the third-year coach.

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Duke basketball picks up three Crystal Ball predictions for the Boozer twins

Cameron and Cayden Boozer will reportedly announce their commitment on Friday, and some 247Sports predictions think they’re headed to Durham.

Cameron and Cayden Boozer, two of the top basketball prospects in the Class of 2025, will reportedly announce their commitment on Friday. According to a trio of Crystal Ball predictions from 247Sports, Duke basketball fans should expect good news.

Adam Rowe and Chad Lykins of The Devils Den both filed predictions for the Blue Devils and head coach [autotag]Jon Scheyer[/autotag] to land the Boozers on Thursday morning, as did InsideMDSports’ Colby Giacubeno.

The twin sons of former Duke basketball star Carlos Boozer, Cameron and Cayden play for Columbus High School in Miami, Florida. According to the most recent reports, the duo (who intend to play together) were deciding between the Blue Devils and the Miami Hurricanes.

Cameron, a 6-foot-9 power forward, is a five-star talent, and 247Sports ranks him as the second-best prospect in the Class of 2025. He led the Explorers with 22.2 points, 11.4 rebounds, and 2.1 blocks per game as a junior.

Cayden, a 6-foot-4 point guard and the No. 21 player in the class, averaged 12.0 points and 7.6 assists per game.

Shortly after the predictions, five-star small forward Shelton Henderson included the Blue Devils among his final three schools. With no players committed to Duke yet in the 2025 class, Scheyer could vault well up the national rankings very quickly.

Carlos Boozer’s twin sons, Cayden and Cameron Boozer, set unofficial Duke basketball visit

Cameron and Cayden Boozer, twin sons of Duke basketball legend Carlos Boozer, will unofficially visit the Blue Devils this weekend, per report.

The Boozer family legacy could continue on basketball courts in Durham soon.

Cameron and Cayden Boozer, the twin sons of former Blue Devil Carlos Boozer, will reportedly take an unofficial visit to Duke basketball this weekend.

247Sports’ Travis Branham first reported the news on Wednesday, saying the Blue Devils will be the first of three schools on the brother’s schedule over the coming weeks.

Cameron, a 6-foot-9 power forward, is 247Sports’ second-ranked player in the Class of 2025. With the Blue Devils out of the running for top-ranked AJ Dybantsa, the taller Boozer brother figures to be the top target for head coach Jon Scheyer on the trail.

While Cayden, a 6-foot-4 point guard, hasn’t gained the same national attention as his twin brother, he’s 19th in the 247Sports Class of 2025 rankings in his own right.

The brothers play for Columbus High School in Miami, and the Explorers finished 29-6 in 2023-24. Cameron averaged a team-high 22.2 points and 11.4 rebounds per game, and Cayden paced the team with 7.6 assists per game while averaging 12.0 points.

Branham reported that the duo will also visit the Hurricanes and the Florida Gators from their home state.

Kentucky basketball has been in contact with 2025 guard Cayden Boozer

Kentucky basketball has been in contact with top 20 recruit Cayden Boozer.

Mark Pope’s first recruiting class will be an important one for the new head coach of Kentucky basketball. Wildcats fans are used to elite talent heading to Lexington, and expectations are high. Pope and his staff have been in contact with a number of the top recruits for 2025, and added another by reaching out to Cayden Boozer.

Boozer is a 6’3″ point guard from Miami, Florida, and is the son of former NBA player and Duke Blue Devil Carlos Boozer. He is rated four stars by 247sports and is their 16th ranked player overall.

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In an interview with Zagsblog, Boozer listed Kentucky as one of the schools who have been recruiting him, even though he has only spoke to Pope once so far. He had this to say:

I’ve only gotten one phone call. I don’t know much about his program. But we’re just trying to build that relationship and I’m trying to learn more about [Mark Pope’s] program. Kentucky is a great school, national championship school. I think it has the most national championships, I’m not sure. It’s up there, so I mean, they are a really good school and a really good winning program.

Boozer’s brother Cameron is also a 2025 recruit, and both were recruited by John Calipari before he left for Arkansas. The brothers could choose to play together, but it isn’t a requirement. Time will tell if Pope and land one, or both, of them for 2025.

Bracket established for elite high school basketball tournament, The Throne

‘The Throne’ has a bracket set for its high school championships.

The brackets are set for ‘The Throne,’ an elite high school basketball tournament that will feature several of the top programs in the nation as well as a number of top recruits.

‘The Throne’ released their bracket this week, including four of the top 10 teams in the USA TODAY High School Sports Super 25. Heading line the event will be No. 2 Plano East (Plano, Texas) and No. 3 Columbus (Miami, Florida) as well as No. 7 Grayson (Loganville, Georgia).

Also included in the event is No. 9 Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, New Jersey) who will play under the name ‘The Brotherhood.’

Cameron Boozer, the second-highest ranked recruit in the class of 2025, will compete at the event. His brother, Cayden Boozer, is a four-star and the No. 17 recruit. The brothers play for Columbus.

‘The Throne’ will be hosted by the American Dream (East Rutherford, New Jersey) and will run from March 27-30. The brackets for the boys and girls sides are now up.

The skating rink at the American Dream will be converted into a basketball court. That rink recently served as the host for the USA Curling National Championships.