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Duke battling Michigan for 6-foot-9 transferring conference defensive player of year

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The Blue Devils sure would love to land this guy.

Duke battling Michigan for 6-foot-9 transferring conference defensive player of year originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Duke Blue Devils are in the running for maybe the best player available in the transfer portal.

They'll be competing, in part, with the national champion Michigan Wolverines . There are four teams total thought to be in on Flory Bidunga, the center from Kansas. According to insider Jeff Goodman , Duke and Michigan are joined in their positioning by St.

John's and Louisville. That's certainly a quality list for Bidunga to choose from. But only one of those teams can be the fortunate one who ends up with the big lefty.

Kansas landed Bidunga as a top-25 recruit in the Class of 2024, and he's spent two seasons with the Jayhawks. In 2024-25, Bidunga played well in the limited minutes he had. MORE: The One Shining Moment video showed all the emotion This past season, he was a star.