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We're almost halfway through the final season of Mike Shashewski's legendary run in Durham.

And his hopes for one last title are resting in large part on the shoulders of Duke's latest freshman star,

the dynamic 6 foot 10 big man, Palo Bincarro.

Today we're joined by the Athletics Brendan Marx to follow Palo's unconventional path from aspiring drummer to potential number one overall pick in the NBA draft.

And after a challenging stretch of their season, including a COVID outbreak and a disappointing loss this past weekend,

Dube and Kara and Duke still have what it takes to give Coach K a championship send off.

From Wondering in the Athletic, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky. It's Wednesday, January 12th, and this is The Lead.

So Brendan, the last time we talked to you, it was over the summer, right after the news came out that Mike Shashewski had decided to make this his last year.

We're now 14 games into it. The Blue Devils are 12 and 2. What has this season been like? Does it actually feel like this is Coach K's last dance?

At times it does, but to be honest, I don't know that he would ever let on and do anything differently to make it seem that way.

You know, there are times certainly where there are small oats to the past, you know, a couple of games ago when Duke played Georgia Tech, Georgia Tech coach Josh Passner said that he had petitioned the NCAA to have Bobby Cremons, the old Georgia Tech coach,

and one of Coach K's close friends sit on the bench as a sort of retirement gift. So things like that pop up and that various arenas he's been giving gifts, but by and large, he and the rest of the team have tried their best to keep things on basketball and keep focused.

The closer they get to winning anything special down the line, I'm sure that'll come up more, but for now at least the Blue Devils are trying to make it business as usual.

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