Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski will be welcoming his grandson, Michael Savarino, to the team this upcoming season, according to The News & Observer.
Savarino, an 18-year-old point guard from Durham Academy in North Carolina, told WRAL radio station in Raleigh that he will be a preferred walk-on at his grandfather's program. The incoming freshman would have been a Division II player had he not chosen to walk on.
"I've always tried to avoid that reputation of living in your grandfather's shadow," Savarino told WRAL. "I chose this because I feel like I earned it.