John Fanta spoke with Duke coach Jon Scheyer about his team and how an early exit in the ACC Tournament has helped motivated the Blue Devils as they look to make a memorable NCAA Tournament run.
It's very rare that the Duke Blue Devils have over a week between the ACC Tournament and the Big Dance, but after a quarterfinal loss to NC State in the conference tournament, those were the circumstances for Jon Scheyer's team. Sitting at 24-6 heading into their regular-season finale against rival North Carolina, the Blue Devils were ranked No. 9 in the AP Top 25 Poll.
After Duke's season ended with a 13-point loss to Tennessee last year in the second round of the tournament, the Blue Devils are trying to avoid an exit to a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament this time around. Let's make one thing clear: Taking March out of the equation for one second, the state of the Blue Devils program is in a great place. Duke has an extraordinary prospect in Cooper Flagg coming in next season to headline the nation's No. 1 recruiting class.
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