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After Krzyzewski's visit, Jabari's older brother, Christian, tried to help Jabari narrow his decision.

"If there was one coach you could play for, who would it be?" he said.

"Coach Wooden," Jabari said.

"Well he's no longer here. So who is your second choice?"

"There is only person now that is close to him. Coach K."

Hard to beat that.

On Thanksgiving weekend, Parker made his official visit to BYU. It was the only visit where his brother Christian, who attends the school, accompanied him. By the time Parker arrived in Provo he had decided that Michigan State, Florida and Duke were equally capable of providing the spiritual connection he needed.

Accustomed to being the only Mormon in a very large urban high school, Parker felt at home at each of the campus congregations he visited and he liked the fact that his coaches made a point to connect him with local Mormons. It enabled him to fill in the final category on his chart -- Spirituality: Duke/Michigan State/Florida.

Obviously BYU was always in the spirituality category, but did someone at Stanford goof up enough to where Stanford's Mormon community didn't seem to fit his needs?  Mark Madsen is Mormon...

In early December, when Christian came home from college, Jabari told him that he wanted to go to Duke. A week ago he informed his parents and his high school coach, Robert Smith, that he would make his announcement on Thursday. That touched off a final push from Duke, Michigan State, Florida and BYU.

No Stanford push.  Did Dawkins, et al. know already that they were out of the hunt?

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After Krzyzewski's visit, Jabari's older brother, Christian, tried to help Jabari narrow his decision.

"If there was one coach you could play for, who would it be?" he said.

"Coach Wooden," Jabari said.

"Well he's no longer here. So who is your second choice?"

"There is only person now that is close to him. Coach K."

Hard to beat that.

On Thanksgiving weekend, Parker made his official visit to BYU. It was the only visit where his brother Christian, who attends the school, accompanied him. By the time Parker arrived in Provo he had decided that Michigan State, Florida and Duke were equally capable of providing the spiritual connection he needed.

Accustomed to being the only Mormon in a very large urban high school, Parker felt at home at each of the campus congregations he visited and he liked the fact that his coaches made a point to connect him with local Mormons. It enabled him to fill in the final category on his chart -- Spirituality: Duke/Michigan State/Florida.

Obviously BYU was always in the spirituality category, but did someone at Stanford goof up enough to where Stanford's Mormon community didn't seem to fit his needs?  Mark Madsen is Mormon...

In early December, when Christian came home from college, Jabari told him that he wanted to go to Duke. A week ago he informed his parents and his high school coach, Robert Smith, that he would make his announcement on Thursday. That touched off a final push from Duke, Michigan State, Florida and BYU.

No Stanford push.  Did Dawkins, et al. know already that they were out of the hunt?