It has been a great start to 2025 for Duke basketball. The Blue Devils thrashed SMU 89-62 in their first game without head coach Jon Scheyer on the sidelines. In Scheyer’s absence due to an illness, which kept him from making the trip to Moody Coliseum in Dallas,

Duke coach Jon Scheyer didn’t travel with his fourth-ranked Blue Devils for Saturday’s game at SMU because of illness

Duke coach Jon Scheyer says he’s feeling better from an illness that kept him from coaching the Blue Devils’ weekend win at SMU.

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 did not travel with the No. 4 Blue Devils for their 89-62 victory at SMU on Saturday due to illness. The program revealed Scheyer's status roughly 15 minutes before tipoff and announced associate head coach Chris Carrawell would serve as acting head coach for the game.

Duke head coach Jon Scheyer is not with the team in Dallas for its game against SMU on Saturday because of illness, the school announced. Associate head coach Chris Carrawell

Associate head coach Chris Carrawell served as acting head coach and the ... Kevin Jairaj Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images With Scheyer too sick with the flu to travel to Dallas, Carrawell moved up to run the team against the Mustangs. One slight change to ...

DALLAS — Duke coach Jon Scheyer didn't travel ... social media post shortly before tipoff that associate head coach Chris Carrawell would lead Duke as the acting coach against the Mustangs.

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, who acted as head coach against SMU, Jai Lucas, who arrived in Durham for the start of the Scheyer era, and second-year staff member Emanuel Dildy.

Tennessee picked up four more first-place votes and remains at No. 1 for the fifth consecutive week in the AP Top 25 college basketball poll. The Vols

Two days later, it now looks as though Scheyer will be ready to lead the way again when his Blue Devils (12-2, 4-0 ACC) welcome Duke basketball alum Jeff Capel's surging Pitt Panthers (12-2, 3-0 ACC) to Cameron Indoor Stadium at 7 p.m. ET Tuesday (ESPN).

Duke freshman Cooper Flagg pumped in 24 points as the No. 4 Blue Devils defeated SMU 89-62 without their coach on Saturday afternoon at Dallas. Kon Knueppel and Tyrese Proctor