As 4th Ranked Duke, Pittsburgh Atlantic Coast Conference Foes,Teams That Have Same Overall Records (12-2) Are Matching Up Tuesday Night In Durham Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer Is Returning To Sideline
On Saturday when Duke was playing at SMU ahead of the game Stephen Wiseman Of News & Observer broke the news that Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer wouldn’t be coaching on the sideline because he was suffering from flu symptoms and was unable to travel Friday on the team charter to Dallas. He remained too sick to travel Saturday morning, which meant associate coach Chris Carrawell coached the Blue Devils (12-2, 4-0 ACC) in a key ACC game against SMU (11-3, 2-1 ACC).
According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article297976088.html
As 4th ranked Duke, Pittsbugh Atlantic Coast Conference foes, teams that have the same overall records (12-2 ) are matching up Tuesday night in Durham Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer is returning to the sideline.
To oppose who?
Former Duke Assistant Coach former Duke Associate Head Coach current Pittsburgh Head Coach Jeff Capel!
Ahead of Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer returning to the sideline for Duke, Pittsburgh game Tuesday Night Jon Scheyer had this to say about not coaching his team not being on on sideline for Saturday’s game at SMU Monday!
“It was a bizarre, bizarre experience,”“I felt horrible, but I felt very confident in the decision we made right before the game, just because I had so much trust in our staff and our players, felt we were prepared the game plan was in.”
It was an amazing experience“When you separate yourself or take a step back, you’re able just to see things differently because you’re not in a decision making mode. I’m in decision making mode all the time. And so it allows you just to see the team where we’re at. It was amazing how locked in and in sync we all were. As I’m watching, it was just seamless. I thought our toughness stood out.”
According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article297992553.html
Duke comes into the game with Pittsburgh with record of 12-2 because they’ve won eight Atlantic Coast Conference games in a row including Saturday’s game at SMU 89-62 when Associate Head Coach Chris Carrawell was coaching instead of Head Coach Jon Scheyer.
Though, Associate Head Coach Chris Carrawell was coaching 4th ranked Duke instead of Head Coach Jon Scheyer Saturday Duke extended winning streak to 8 games , ended SMU’s 7 game winning streak with 89-62 win in Dallas Texas.
Where?
On the hardwood!
As Duke extended winning streak to 8 games, ended SMU’s 7 game winning streak with 89-62 win in Dallas Texas as a team Duke shot 53.2 % 40.7 % on 3 pointers , 75 % on free throws. Three players scored in double figures. Cooper Flagg was 7-12 on field goals , 2-2 on 3 pointers 8-8 on free throws to go along with 10 rebounds , 3 assists , 1 steal, 2 block, 24 points . Kon Knueppel was 5-10 on field goals , 3-8 on three pointers , 1-1 on free throws to go along with 3 rebounds , 2 assists, 14 points . Tyrese Proctor was 5-11 on field goals was 4-7 on field goals to go along with 6 rebounds , 3 assists , 1 block , 14 points.
According to espn app
Following Duke’s 89-62 win at SMU Saturday following Chris Carrawell coach 4th ranked Duke instead of Jon Scheyer Saturday extending winning to 8 games, ending SMU’s 7 game winning streak Chris Carrawell who is Jon Scheyer’s Associate Head Coach had this to say!
"I just want to shout out my guy, Coach [Jon] Scheyer, who I know wanted to be here. He was texting, calling, bothering us, because he cared so much. I want to thank our team, our coaching staff, Coach [Jai] Lucas, Coach [Emanuel] Dildy, Coach [Will] Avery, Coach [Mike] Schrage. They did an excellent job on the bench. And our players really came out today and played well on both ends from start to finish. Excellent job. Total team effort. Go Duke." -
A lot of stuff, crazy stuff going on,but our guys responded and played a great game today.”
According to article on goduke.com https://goduke.com/news/2025/1/4/mens-basketball-blue-devils-race-past-mustangs-89-62
Pittsburgh like Duke comes into the game also with record of 12-2 overall because like Duke they’re on a winning streak of their own though unlike Duke Pittsburgh is on a five game winning streak haven won five Atlantic Coast Conference games in a row because they beat new Atlantic Coast Conference foe, opponent Stanford 83-68 Saturday in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. As a team Pittsburgh shot 56.4 % 36.8 % on 3 pointers , 93.3 % on free throws. four players scored in double figures Guillermo Diaz Graham was 5-8 on field goals , 2-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds, 3 assists , 12 points . Zack Austin was 3-4 on field goals , 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds , 11 points . Jaland Lowe was 5-14 on field goals , 2-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds , 5 assists, 16 points . Ishimael Leggett was 9-13 on field goals , 0-4 on 3 pointers to go along with 6 rebounds, 3 assists , 21 points.
According to espn app
Following Pittsburgh’s 83-68 win over Stanford Pittsburgh Head Coach Jeff Capel had this to say!
I’m really proud of the win. They have a really good player in Raynaud and he was terrific early on. We made some adjustments with how we defended him, and were able to change the rhythm of the game. Guillermo and Jorge had big minutes for us, and brought a ton of energy defensively. Overall a great team win and I’m proud of our team.
According to https://pittsburghpanthers.com/documents/2025/1/4/Pitt_Quotes.pdf
The game is going to be televised on ESPN with Dave O’Brien, Cory Alexander commentating!
Cory Alexander was a shooting guard who played collegiality for Virginia before drafted by the San Antonio Spurs as the 29th overall pick in 1995 NBA Draft where he played 7 seasons played 307 games averaged 5.5 points, 1.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists while 38.7 % on field goals 35.4% on 3 pointers.
According to https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/alexaco01.html