Jabari Parker deals with backlash

Well, Duke is still doing Duke things, apparently. If you thought the nation's top black Mormon whose father played in the NBA would commit to some other school—like Michigan State, say, or BYU—you were truly mistaken.

Jabari Parker, a skilled and talented 6-foot-8 forward out of Chicago, chose the Blue Devils over Michigan State and Florida on Thursday afternoon. Parker will team with Mississippi State transfer Rodney Hood, who is sitting out this year, to form one

As soon as Jabari Parker announced his decision to become a Blue Devil, you could literally hear national championship expectations going through the roof of Cameron Indoor Stadium. When a player like Parker heads to a place like Duke, people don't ask

Depending on whom you ask, most people feel that Duke and Michigan State are the frontrunners at this point.

On Thursday afternoon Jabari Parker, one of the top basketball players in the country out of Simeon High in Chicago, announced on national television that he will attend Duke. Parker agonized over the decision for months and he still wasn't completely