The 2020-21 Duke basketball roster outlook says frontcourt depth is an issue. Current seniors Javin DeLaurier and Jack White will have graduated, whereas freshmen Vernon Carey Jr. and Matthew Hurt will likely have left for the NBA; meanwhile, the program's 2020 class includes only one signee taller than 6-foot-9 in IMG Academy (Fla.) four-star center Mark Williams.
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So when head coach Mike Krzyzewski extended an offer on Dec. 9 to Andrews Osborne Academy (Ohio) center Charles Bediako — a 6-foot-11, 220-pound four-star junior who turns 18 in March and had left the door open to reclassing to 2020 — the assumption was he could be the solution.