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Duke basketball: Surprisingly weak field remains for five-star recruit

By way of a tweet on Friday, IMG Academy (Fla.) five-star Charles Bediako, who is the lone 2021 center holding a Duke basketball offer, unveiled his 10 favorites: Alabama, Baylor, Duke, Maryland, Memphis, Michigan, Ohio State, Southern Cal, Tennessee, and Texas.

Though Memphis, Michigan, Southern Cal, and Tennessee are all respectable recruiting forces, Duke is the only bonafide powerhouse that made the cut for the 6-foot-11, 220-pound Canadian. Unlike most top-tier prospects, Bediako did not include any of the other most recognizable bluebloods, such as Louisville, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State, and North Carolina — despite having seen significant interest from a few of those.