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Jabari Parker to play basketball for Duke

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Chicago's Simeon Career Academy's Jabari Parker announces Thursday he will be attending Duke during a news conference at his high school.

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Simeon's Jabari Parker (22), one of the top high school basketball recruits in the country, said Thursday he will attend Duke University next season.

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Jabari Parker still had just about everyone guessing. Then, he pulled out that blue T-shirt with a white "D," and, finally, it became clear. The prized prospect from Chicago's Simeon Career Academy, one of the most highly touted recruits in years, is headed to Duke to play for Mike Krzyzewski. Parker made the announcement in front of a national TV audience Thursday, in his high school gym, surely delighting Blue Devils fans.