One of the top forwards in the 2025 class plans to check out the Duke basketball program in late September.
Some insiders view home-state hopeful Arizona as the outright frontrunner for Perry High School standout Koa Peat. And the Wildcats are slated to go last in hosting the 6-foot-8, 235-pound forward. But Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff, not to mention a few other suitors, will also have a chance to host the coveted five-star for an official visit during the fall semester of his senior year as a prep.
Peat, who ranks No. 5 overall on the 247Sports 2025 Composite and is the son of former six-year NFL offensive lineman Todd Peat, begins his slate at Arizona State, Aug. 30-Sept. 1, before heading to Arkansas two weekends later and to Duke the following weekend. He'll be at Baylor the last weekend of September and at Arizona the first weekend of October.. "I want to go and see what they are about...The staff checks in on me, and we talk about how I would fit in their system.
In January, Peat named a top 10 of Duke, UNC, Arizona, Arizona State, Kentucky, Baylor, Texas, Michigan, UCLA, and Houston. As a junior, he took official visits to UNC, Texas, Houston, and Michigan.Matt Giles is the editor and publisher of FanNation's Blue Devil Country and All Tar Heels, covering the Duke Blue Devils and UNC Tar Heels on SI.com.
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