Carrick Felix, who was scheduled to become the first junior college transfer to play for Duke during coach Mike Krzyzewski's tenure, has asked to be released from his national letter of intent, Duke team spokesman Matt Plizga said Monday.
Plizga said Duke plans to grant the request, but hasn't made a formal announcement because the paper work isn't completed yet. Felix averaged 14.8 points and 4.7 rebounds per game last season for the College of Southern Idaho.
A 6-foot-6 small forward from Phoenix, his potential role for 2010-11 decreased when 2010 Final Four most outstanding player Kyle Singler decided to return to school. Felix has three years of college eligibility remaining.
Felix's departure leaves guards Kyrie Irving and Tyler Thornton and forward Josh Hairston, who all will be freshmen, remaining in Duke's recruiting class.
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Duke will
Wed, 05/26/2010 - 12:16 — jeromfitzbe over stack like UNC was last year and maybe lost interest of players recruitment seeking playing time. I think Singler and Smith could easily been chosen in the first round of this year's 2010 draft. Winning the National Title makes it sweeter because if you don't win next year and have so so season you'll just be another unsigned free agent playing in the D-League...Felix I feel you about wanting to go to else where...Duke got all the help they need anyways....goodluck..!!!
Holes20
Mon, 05/24/2010 - 23:28 — TheMambaSTRIKEShas stuck his head out of the ACC OUThouse hole that ol Roy dragged him, Pammy and 098 down into with his dysfunctional TAR HOLES.......
"Had the Dookies not scored a single 2nd half point.......they would still have beaten the WOEFUL TAR HOLES by 3.....
Mar. 6 Duke Durham, N.C. L 82-50
DURHAM, N.C. – No. 4 Duke ended rival TAR HOLE’s four-year reign at Cameron Indoor Stadium with a crushing 82-50 performance on Saturday night. The 32-point defeat marks the worst loss in Roy Williams’ tenure as UNC’s head coach.
North Carolina’s 50 points set a new record for the fewest points scored by a Roy Williams-coached Tar Heel team, topping the 54 points UNC managed in the first loss to Duke this season on Feb. 10.
The 32-point margin of victory marked the second-largest win for Duke over North Carolina, trailing only the 104-69 performance in Chapel Hill on Feb. 29, 1964.
What? No mention of #15
Wed, 05/26/2010 - 18:32 — unc098What? No mention of #15 Carolina's smack down of Dook #1
in 1980 AT Cameron 98-67??????
History has never been one of your strong points snake.
...
Tue, 05/25/2010 - 00:02 — Heels20...but failed to match the largest margin of victory in the rivalry, which was a 37-point win by Carolina.
Notice K's losing record all-time against Carolina. Not to mention Dook's all-time losing record against the Heels. They could beat us 3 times a year for the next 10 years and still would have a losing record against us.
holes20 misses again
Mon, 05/24/2010 - 20:17 — weslorocksTyler Adams isn't coming until the 11-12 season and he plays a different position. So that point is stupid. Duke is not forcing this guy to leave holes20, he is leaving because he wants to get some pt and with the team Duke has coming in he's looking at being the third guy off of the bench. This has nothing to do with qualifying nerd. You guys must really be hurting after Duke's championship and your runner-up loss to Dayton in the N I T. Hahahahahahaha! Sincerely, THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS-DUKE BLUE DEVILS!
Aaaand another fan that can't read between the lines
Mon, 05/24/2010 - 20:56 — Heels20Singler returns to the wing this season which impacts his playing time immediately. He would have had 3 seasons of eligibility, so once Singler is gone and Adams is in, then he faces a similar situation. The players are about the same height and with the Plumlees dominating all the minutes in the post, each would be forced into playing some wing.
Nice job, douche.
130-99
6 titles to 4 titles
18 final fours to 15
2004 wins to 1912 wins
Suck it.
AKA
Mon, 05/24/2010 - 17:50 — Heels20Singler is coming back and Tyler Adams committed. No need for Felix, so K probably suddenly noticed that he "didn't qualify."