Duke basketball fans got to see [autotag]Patrick Ngongba II[/autotag] repping Team USA through social media on Friday.
Ngongba, one of six signees in Duke’s 2024 recruiting class, made the Team USA U18 Team earlier in the week. The USA Basketball Junior National Team account introduced the team in a social media thread, sharing photos of each player with their country proud across their chest.
Ngognba will wear No. 11 for the team.
The 6-foot-11 center attended Paul VI Catholic alongside fellow future Blue Devil Darren Harris. The duo led their school to the championship game at Chipotle Nationals earlier this year. They fell short against Montverde Academy, the school of No. 1 prospect and future Duke class member [autotag]Cooper Flagg[/autotag].
According to 247Sports final class rankings, Ngongba is the 19th-best player in the upcoming freshman class and the fifth-best center.
He was the only member of Duke’s incoming roster to attend tryouts for the U18 Team, although coach Jon Scheyer joined Team USA as a court coach during the scouting process.
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Ngongba, the 6-foot-9 Flagg, and 7-footer Khaman Maluach will help make Duke one of the nation’s tallest and most formidable teams in 2024.