Just one month before the Countdown to Craziness unofficially kicks off the 2024-25 Duke basketball season, the Blue Devils staff remains in search of future talent.
According to a Wednesday report from Relentless Hoops’s Trent Markwith, Duke and two other schools spent the day at Riviera Preparatory School scouting the men’s basketball team.
The Bulldogs have a handful of intriguing prospects spread out over the next three recruiting classes. 7-foot center Gustavo Guimaraes, a member of the Class of 2025, isn’t ranked by 247Sports but he averaged 9.0 points and 10.8 rebounds per game last season. Riviera Prep finished with a 25-8 record.
Jeremy Jenkins, a 2027 forward who already stands 6-foot-7, showed promise when he averaged 9.8 points and 6.3 rebounds as a freshman in 2023-24.
The real find at Riviera Prep, however, comes in the form of the Fuentes brothers.
Mason led the team with 6.5 assists as a sophomore, adding 9.7 points and 1.6 steals. Myles, a 2027 classmate of Jenkins, outscored his older brother with 10.9 points in his freshman season while tacking on 4.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 2.3 steals.
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Markwith reported that local schools Miami and FIU joined the Blue Devils for their day of scouting.