A reader reports that ESPN's Jay Bilas has been showing up on the bulletin boards at Duke Basketball Report, online HQ for the hard-core. Bilas shares this story about when he was a high school senior being recruited by many college programs:

Back then, Coach K used to fly to L.A. just to watch me practice. He would fly out and see me practice or play in pick-up games, then take the red-eye back to Durham. In December, when I was fed up with the recruiting process and had made up my mind, I decided to commit, without telling Coach K. Coach K had travelled out to see me practice again, and called the night before to ask my mom for a good place to eat in town before he and Chuck Swenson went back to the airport. Because NCAA rules did not allow us to speak in person during Coach K's visit, my mom told him I would hand him a note with directions on it at practice the next day. As practice started, I ran over to Coach K and handed him a note with directions to a local restaurant, with a P.S. at the bottom. It said "I know this is not as important as the directions to the restaurant, but I've decided to come to Duke. Just give me a day or two to notify the other schools before announcing it. Jay"



When I handed him the note, I didn't know if he would read it then, or after practice on the way to the restaurant. He read it right after I handed it to him, and looked up with a big smile on his face. I had a big smile on my face too. And I'm still smiling.

Great story.

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