Mike Krzyzewski’s grandson, Paolo Banchero face charges following arrest

Two Duke basketball players have reportedly been arrested for DWI. According to Stephen Wiseman of the Charlotte News & Observer, freshman standout Paolo Banchero and Michael Savarino — coach Mike Krzyzewski’s grandson — were arrested early Sunday morning.

Savarino, 20, is charged with DWI and due to appear in court Dec. 9, according to Wiseman’s report. Banchero, 19, is charged with aiding and abetting DWI and is due in court Dec. 8.

“We are reviewing a legal matter involving two members of the men’s basketball team,” Krzyzewski said in a statement to the News & Observer. “Any further actions as a result of this situation will ultimately be determined by the Vice President/Director of Athletics and University officials.”

Banchero is a potential NBA Draft lottery pick and was the ACC Preseason Player of the Year this year. He was a five-star recruit out of Seattle, Washington, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He’s averaging 19.3 points per game through Duke’s first three games.

Savarino has played three minutes this year against Army. His mother is an assistant athletic director at Duke. He was a walk-on until this year, when he earned a scholarship.

It’s unclear if the two will play in the Blue Devils’ game against Gardner-Webb Tuesday night.

John Calipari on Paolo Banchero: ‘Make him make basketball plays’

Banchero had quite a game in Duke’s season opener against Kentucky, dropping 22 points to help the blue Devils to a 79-71 win. Kentucky coach John Calipari, who recruited Banchero, talked about how impressed he was with Duke’s star freshman.

“Really good. Really good. He’s really good,” Calipari said after the game. “Great kid, great family. Really good. You almost, you can’t — we had too much respect for him.

“We backed away and now he shoots. No. Make him make basketball plays. I kept saying it, but we’re afraid, so they kept backing up.”

Calipari also talked about how difficult it was to guard the 6-foot-10 Banchero.

“Now Jacob [Toppin] seemed to go guard him and make him spin and do some stuff. But I even said prior to the game, they’re going to iso him,” Calipari said. “I thought they would short pick and a step-up screen and short roll him to the foul line and let him play there.

“Well they played him on an elbow and they played him in a short corner. It was the same idea. And then we were like, Okay, how are we going to do this. And it was a tough matchup. Keion didn’t play that bad it was a tough matchup. We wanted to try to win the game.”