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Duke basketball target Charles Bediako implies Blue Devils still have shot

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A top 2021 big man remains in play on the Duke basketball recruiting trail.

If the Duke basketball coaches thought they no longer had any chance at all to reel in a commitment from IMG (Fla.) center Charles Bediako, then one might think they would have directed their attention elsewhere.

Per Bediako himself, though, that’s not at all the case as he tries to pick between the five finalists he named in October: Alabama, Duke, Michigan, Ohio State, and Texas. No, the 6-foot-11, 225-pound five-star, who ranks No.