Duke basketball's Maliq Brown, one of the Blue Devils' best defenders, was injured against Notre Dame. Here's what Jon Scheyer said about the injury.

As Duke basketball star Cooper Flagg continues to impress with each game, his performances have especially caught the eye of his head coach Jon Scheyer. There is no doubt that the Duke basketball big could be the No.

For the first time since he took over as Duke basketball’s head coach, Jon Scheyer was not on the bench for a Blue Devils game on Saturday.

Duke coach Jon Scheyer didn’t travel with the team to Dallas due to illness. Associate head coach Chris Carrawell took Scheyer’s spot on the bench as acting head coach at Moody Coliseum.

Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer shares how the Blue Devils rookie superstar Cooper Flagg is already a savant.

The SMU game is the first game Scheyer, who is in his third season as Duke’s head coach, missed since taking over the program following Mike Krzyzewski’s retirement in 2022. He never missed a game during his Duke playing career from 2006-10, when he appeared in 144 games.

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Now, one could argue that Saturday's win in Dallas, with Scheyer back home in Durham recovering from an illness at the time, kicked the Blue Devils' dominance up yet another notch. Apparently, the team's brilliant effort without Scheyer came as no surprise to the third-year head coach due to the confidence he has in his primary assistants: associate head coach Chris Carrawell,

Duke basketball continued its ACC dominance with a 76-47 win over Pitt, fueled by Cooper Flagg's 19 points and his viral highlight dunk. Blue Devils head coach Jon Scheyer addressed Flagg's 14-point explosion in the second half after the win.