The Duke basketball staff has reportedly reached out to one of the top available backcourt talents in North Florida senior Chaz Lanier.
Chaz Lanier enjoyed an epic breakout campaign this past season at North Florida, bumping his scoring average up 15 points from the previous year to 19.7 per game. Seemingly seeking a bigger stage as a result, the 6-foot-4, 200-pound guard declared for the NBA Draft in mid-March before also entering the transfer portal last week. Now, he's receiving Duke basketball attention, according to CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein.
The Blue Devils are on that list alongside BYU, Cincinnati, Florida Atlantic, Illinois, Kansas State, Kentucky, Louisville, Maryland, Miami, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Villanova, and West Virginia.In addition to impressive numbers as a potent bucket-getter, Chaz Lanier posted 4.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 0.9 steals per outing for an Ospreys squad that finished 16-16 overall and No. 5 in the A-Sun standings at 9-7 in conference play.
Again, though, what stands out most from the Nashville native is his scoring, notably as a high-volume threat beyond the arc. As a fourth-year sensation in Jacksonville, Lanier shot 44.0 percent from downtown on a whopping 9.0 attempts per game. That's not to mention his 88.0 shooting percentage at the charity stripe.
Chaz Lanier has an awesome story. 5’6 at the beginning of high school, had to work his way up from the freshman team to JV, then Varsity. Didn’t play AAU. Held two D1 offers—North Florida and Campbell.Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and his cohorts have 10 scholarship talents on tap for the 2024-25 campaign but are perhaps looking to add up to three more.
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