TSL: Which school has the top class in the ACC?

Jim Young: I’d say Duke has the top class right now. They have a guy a lot of people think is the top player in this class in [guard] Austin Rivers. You add a point guard in Quinn Cook, another wing in Michael Gbinije, another Plumlee (center prospect Marshall Plumlee, who’ll join brothers Miles and Mason next year). This is a very good class.

TSL: For those who haven’t seen him play, what makes Austin Rivers so special and possibly the #1 player in the 2011 class?

Jim Young: I’ll paraphrase [basketball recruiting analysts] Brick [Oettinger] and Dave Telep, respected guys who write for us, both guys say he has a pro’s game. There is a level of sophistication to his game. He has got all the moves. He is a good athlete, but what really sticks out — and this is not a surprise given who his father (former NBA player and current Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers) is — is that he is already a pro in a lot of ways.

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