{"id":379255,"date":"2025-11-14T21:53:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T21:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/379255\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T21:53:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T21:53:13","slug":"phoenix-5-star-basketball-recruit-commits-to-duke-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/379255\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix 5-star basketball recruit commits to Duke University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><b>PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 A five-star power forward from the Valley is heading across the country to play for one of college basketball\u2019s most esteemed programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/basketball\/recruiting\/player\/_\/id\/259983\/cameron-williams\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/basketball\/recruiting\/player\/_\/id\/259983\/cameron-williams\">Cameron Williams<\/a>, the top-ranked high school basketball player in Arizona and the No. 3 recruit in the 2026 class, committed to Duke University on Friday. Williams chose the Blue Devils over the Arizona Wildcats and Texas Longhorns. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Had he chosen Arizona, Williams would have been the top high school player to commit to the Wildcats since Deandre Ayton in 2017. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Cameron Williams, the top-ranked high school basketball player in Arizona, committed to Duke...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/7L3D4SICKRBRHO4EDPBZM67HBE.JPG\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Cameron Williams, the top-ranked high school basketball player in Arizona, committed to Duke University on Friday.(Arizona&#8217;s Family)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Williams, who stands at 6\u203211\u2033, averaged 18 points per game and roughly nine rebounds for the St. Mary\u2019s Knights last season. The Knights open up the 2025-26 season on Dec. 1 at home against the Prescott Badgers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">The Valley senior joins two fellow top recruits in the country who are now <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/duke\/season\/2026-basketball\/commits\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/duke\/season\/2026-basketball\/commits\/\">headed to Duke<\/a>: Bryson Howard of Frisco, Texas, and Maxime Meyer of Bradenton, Florida. Howard is the son of former NBA player Josh Howard. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? 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