Syracuse transfer Maliq Brown visiting Duke on Wednesday through Friday

Syracuse transfer power forward Maliq Brown will visit Duke beginning on Wednesday. His trip to Durham will last until Friday, On3 has learned.

Brown, a 6-foot-8, 220-pound sophomore, averaged 9.5 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 2.2 steals per game this season for the Orange.

In Brown’s two seasons at Syracuse, he totaled 470 points and 363 rebounds — 121 of which were on the offensive glass. He has a career 69.8 percent field goal percentage and shoots 36.8 percent from beyond the arc as well.

His most impressive showing, ironically, came against Duke in losing fashion. He scored a career-high 26 points on 11 of 16 shooting. Brown made all three of his 3-point attempts while logging seven rebounds. Syracuse would lose that game 86-66 on the road, so it’s clear he has a knack for scoring inside Cameron Indoor Stadium.

The Culpeper, Virginia native is a former three-star recruit and was the No. 250 overall player in the nation from the 2022 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a proprietary algorithm that compiles ratings and rankings from all four primary recruiting media services. He was the No. 50 power forward in the 2022 recruiting class.

Duke will be looking to replace the talents of forwards Kyle Filipowski, who has entered the 2024 NBA Draft, and Mark Mitchell, who has entered the NCAA transfer portal. Head coach Jon Scheyer has lost a slew of players from last year’s roster to the draft and portal, and adding Brown to next year’s team could be a key to the Blue Devils’ success next season given his strong presence in the paint.

If Brown likes what he sees in Durham, he’ll be playing alongside the No. 1 overall recruiting class in the country. The group features the consensus top overall recruit Cooper Flagg, the 7-foot-2 Khaman Maluach and fellow five-star recruit Isaiah Evans, among a handful of other four-star prospects.

Duke finished the season 27-9 before falling to NC State in the Elite 8. With guys like Tyrese Proctor returning to lead the charge, the Blue Devils will be looking to march its way into the first Final Four under Scheyer. Their ceiling is endless thanks to the mass set of talent that will take the court for Duke next season. Adding Brown to the mix would only improve those hopes.

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire.