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Duke basketball: Three signs Coach K ends up with No. 1 recruit

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As of late, a Duke basketball commit has shown his ranking needs an update.

O’Dea (Wash.) power forward Paolo Banchero is a lion. Raw power. Ferocious. Fearless. King of the court. Soon to be the pride of Duke basketball and has just the right bite in his game to potentially become the program’s best-ever one-and-done.

Right now, however, the 6-foot-9, 235-pound Seattle native with Italian roots ranks only No. 3 overall on the 247Sports 2021 Composite. Banchero sits behind Minnehaha (Minn.) center Chet Holmgren and the current No.