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Barnes to announce Friday
Submitted by kentysiac on 11/08/2009 - 11:59
Let the anticipation build.
Fans of Duke, North Carolina and four other schools that remain finalists for the services of top-ranked recruit Harrison Barnes of Ames, Iowa, will learn his decision Friday.
Shirley Barnes, the player's mother, said in an e-mail that Barnes will announce his school choice Friday. No decision has been made on a possible broadcast of the announcement.
Barnes spent the final weekend before his announcement on an unofficial visit to his hometown school, Iowa State, his mother said. Shirley Barnes works in the music department at Iowa State.
A 6-foot-6 forward, Barnes is rated the top recruit in the nation by scout.com. In alphabetical order, his finalists are Duke, Iowa State, Kansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma and UCLA.
If Barnes has any preferences, he has hidden them from the public in a recruiting process that's been expertly and carefully guided by his mother. The competition for his services has been so intense that earlier this fall Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski and North Carolina coach Roy Williams visited his home on the same day.
By announcing Friday, Barnes will adhere to a schedule he set long ago, when he told Ames High coach Vance Downs that he wanted the decision made by the time his high school team begins practice Nov. 16.
"The process for him has been very methodical," Downs said before Barnes visited Duke in October. "He's just very patient, takes his time, looks at all his options and then will eventually find the right fit for him."
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Ken Tysiac has covered the ACC for The Charlotte Observer since 2003, and spent the previous eight years covering Clemson for the Anderson Independent-Mail and then The State in South Carolina. He grew up in Rochester, N.Y., and is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.Want to post a comment?
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Mon, 11/09/2009 - 11:47 — MaxPetersI'm a Duke fan, so I'd obviously love for you to play for us. Either way, I wish you luck in your decision. It'll be a pleasure watching you play wherever school you attend.
Good luck!
The team that represents us most perfectly is best!
Sun, 11/08/2009 - 23:47 — ThoughtCrimesGo [that] team! yay!
do you want to ...
Sun, 11/08/2009 - 15:25 — gvillegatrto win a championship in your brief stay in college? or do you want to suck the fumes of UNC and play in a disfunctional offense at DUIke?
it is an easy decision.
Mr. Barnes
Sun, 11/08/2009 - 12:25 — jeromfitzdon't have to stay all four years at UNC because your talents can be place into the NBA market by you actions on the court to win NCAA Titles....UNC is very Pro Found Organization!!! Good luck in making your decisions...!!!!!