You can’t tell the story of Jon Scheyer’s first Duke team starting at the end, even if that end has left a bitter taste in the mouths of all Blue Devil fans this morning.
Let’s start, instead, on January 4.
Duke had been humiliated in Raleigh by 24 points, and was just 2-2 in ACC play. Even I, someone who is oft-accused of wearing Duke blue-tinted glasses, couldn’t find a silver lining in the performance. The Blue Devils looked and played young, and the most reactionary of Duke fans started grumbling about Scheyer’s coaching performance.