Plus, the 6-foot-9, 185-pound five-star, sitting No. 4 overall on the 247Sports 2025 Composite, is set to return to Duke for the Blue Devils' home bout against the archrival UNC Tar Heels on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 6:30 p.m. ET (ESPN).

Duke basketball has long looked like a frontrunner for Highland School (Va.) forward Nate Ament, but don't discount the Louisville Cardinals or Arkansas Razorbacks. At least, that's what HS Top Recruits suggested this week when summarizing intel from the five-star sweepstakes.

Highland School (Va.) five-star Nate Ament was in Knoxville on Tuesday night. The 6-foot-9, 185-pound forward, a longtime Duke basketball offer holder who now ranks No. 4 overall on the 247Sports 2025 Composite, watched the visiting No. 12-ranked Kentucky Wildcats defeat the No. 8 Tennessee Volunteers, 78-73.

Sure, the win at Kansas is really the only marquee victory Houston has so far this season, but a 13-game winning streak with 11 double-digit wins over that stretch earns Kelvin Sampson's team a place in the top tier of the sport.

Both the Arkansas and Kentucky programs have three signees in the 2025 class, and both will bring in five-star talent later this year. The Hogs and Wildcats also both have at least one McDonald’s All-American as part of their respective 2025 recruiting groups.

Duke’s Cooper Flagg is the obvious No. 1 pick. He’s lived up to the hype during his freshman year with the Blue Devils, and will be expected to be an All-NBA player by the time he reaches his prime. Behind Flagg, there are a number of prospects who have a pathway to NBA stardom but also have scary downside scenarios if they don’t hit.

The No. 15 St. John’s Red Storm is set to host the Providence Friars at the Jack Kaiser Stadium in Queens, New York on Saturday, Feb. 1. The Red Storm are yet to lose a game at home with a 13-0 record on their home court and are definitely looking to continue this streak.

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Florida St. at Boston College, 6 p.m. Maine at New Hampshire, 6 p.m. Manhattan at Iona, 6 p.m. Marist at Siena, 6 p.m. UMBC at Bryant, 6 p.m.

New Hampshire at Maine, 6 p.m. Vermont at Binghamton, 6:07 p.m. Ohio St. at Penn St., 6:30 p.m. Towson at Delaware, 6:30 p.m.

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On the same day Auburn's Johni Broome suffered an ankle injury at South Carolina that sidelined him for two weeks, Duke's Cooper Flagg scored a career-high 42 points in a victory at Notre Dame. That's when the NPOY race flipped.