Most reports of Cedric Coward's commitment to Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff on Monday evening are not worded correctly. After all, the Blue Devils have not actually "landed" the former Washington State and Eastern Washington forward just yet.

Cedric Coward’s basketball career is proof of his tenacity and faith in himself. Coward’s journey from modest beginnings at Division III Willamette University to joining the illustrious Duke Blue Devils has been anything but typical.

Duke's length was a big reason it advanced to the Final Four, and now the Blue Devils have added more to the back court