{"id":242403,"date":"2025-10-22T01:57:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T01:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/242403\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T01:57:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T01:57:07","slug":"duke-freshman-star-cam-boozer-impresses-in-preseason-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/242403\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke freshman star Cam Boozer impresses in preseason debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BY ALEJANDRO LOPEZ<\/p>\n<p>After BYU\u2019s star prospect AJ Dybantsa impressed in his preseason debut, Duke\u2019s own star freshman reminded people he too deserves consideration for the best prospect college basketball has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>Duke star freshman, and son of former NBA all-star Carlos Boozer, Cam Boozer made his preseason debut for the Blue Devils on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>The do it all forward put up a 33 point, 12 rebound and 4 assist performance against UCF while shooting a dominant 12-19 from the field and 4-7 from long distance. <\/p>\n<p>The No. 1 overall pick for the 2026 NBA Draft is presumably a three horse race heading into the 2025-26 college basketball season. <\/p>\n<p>With Boozer and Dybantsa already showing they are the real deal, all eyes turn to the third potential No. 1 overall selection Darryn Peterson who will make his unofficial debut for Kansas on Friday against Louisville. <\/p>\n<p>Duke\u2019s storied legacy speaks for itself, boasting the second most NBA players by a college program this season at 24 former Duke players. Their future continues to seem bright, with the acquisition of five-star Class of 2026 recruit Bryson Howard on Tuesday. But if Boozer showed anything with his unofficial debut, its that Duke\u2019s present continues to be that of a dominant program poised to compete for the National Championship. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zagsbloghoops\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow ZAGSBLOGHoops on Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BY ALEJANDRO LOPEZ After BYU\u2019s star prospect AJ Dybantsa impressed in his preseason debut, Duke\u2019s own star freshman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[402,398,400,401,99],"class_list":["post-242403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-basketball","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-ncaabasketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}