Known for Faith as Well as His Play, a Top Recruit Picks Duke, Not BYU

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

Jabari Parker made a decisionon his mission. The hotly recruited basketball star will not go on an LDS mission, leaving five programs (including BYU) scrambling to get him for the.

Jabari Parker (Getty Images)It took only 11 words for Jabari Parker to exhilarate one fan base and crush the hopes of four others. At a press conference at Chicago's Simeon High School Thursday afternoon, the nation's No. 2 recruit paused, dug a blue

Jabari Parker leaned down from a podium crowded with microphones and pulled a bright blue Duke T-shirt from a backpack, providing a dramatic ending to the type of mystery that is becoming increasingly rare in high school recruiting. Simeon's Parker

Jabari Parker (Getty Images)It took only 11 words for Jabari Parker to exhilarate one fan base and crush the hopes of four others. At a press conference at Chicago's Simeon High School Thursday afternoon, the nation's No. 2 recruit paused, dug a blue