As 2nd Ranked Duke Is Opposing Miami Tuesday Night In Coral Gables Florida Jai Lucas Who Currently Is Associate Head Coach For Duke Opposing Team He Could To Be Head Coach Of?
On Saturday night following Duke beating Illinois 110-67 inside Madison Square Garden home of the NBA’s New York Knicks news broke that Jai Lucas who currently is Associate Head Coach for Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer is the top target to replace Jim Larranaga who retired during the season.
Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer’s response to the news about Miami targeting, Jai Lucas his Associate Head Coach as next Miami Head Coach?
Absolutely he’s a Head Coach . No question about it . It’s part of why I hired him . The job he has done for us has been incredible . Any report or anything that is out there . I’m just getting wind of it now . So will cross that bridge and figure it out. But I can tell you 100 % Jai is an amazing coach. We’ll continue to move forward together and figure that all out , but all across the board he’s great!
It’s not ideal Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer said Monday morning. It’s not ideal by any means.
The portal is different this is a little bit of a different world so anyway I have a lot of thoughts but I do know that Jai Lucus is the ultimate pro, a class act. He’ll do everything to handle this situation the best way possible starting with doing his job coaching Duke including preparing the scouting report.
Clearly Miami would want him to start as it’s Head Coach as soon as possible if he is indeed their choice.. Clearly that wasn’t thought out well enough . Jai and I look he’s one of my best friends in the world me and him are always going to be great. Me and him are always going to be able to navigate this. He’s a terrific coach a terrific person but there’s more that’s involved then just Jai and I. You think about the Miami staff in the job they’re trying to do right now. The Miami players. Obviously our players and what we’re trying to do so our thing is to really block out stay in the moment until anything comes final or if and when it happens. I can tell you Jai and I started this three years ago our intention is to finish it. But again I don’t want to get into that until I know something is final or done. We’ll have to cross that bridge when the time comes.
According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article300861894.html
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Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer wasn’t t the only Head Coach to share his thoughts on Jai Lucas as Miami Interim Head Coach Bill Courtney did as well saying We don’t talk about it as a staff or with the players, but I’m sure they’re hearing all the stuff, it’s impossible not to,”
“But we have to focus on our job at hand. There’s always outside noise and we have to continue to block that out.”I don’t think anyone is happy with the timing of this leak, or whatever it is, it’s unfortunate. But there’s always rumors, stuff circulating. All we can control is what we can control.”
According to Michelle Kaufman article https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/acc/university-of-miami/article300866954.html#storylink=cpy
This season Miami has a record of 6-21 overall while they’re 2-14 in the Atlantic Coast Conference are last in the standings .
As 2nd ranked Duke is opposing Miami Tuesday night in Coral Gables Florida Jai Lucas who currently who currently is Associate Head Coach for Duke opposing team he could be Head Coach of?
Duke comes into the game with Miami with record of 24-3 overall 15-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is first in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because they’ve four straight games including a non- conference game a 110- 67 win over Illinois Saturday night in Madison Square Garden home of NBA’s New York Knicks.
As Duke beat Illinois 110-67 at Madison Square Garden home of the NBA’s New York Knicks as a team Duke held Illinois 37.7 % shooting , 7.7 % on 3 pointers , 67.9 % free throws.
Seven players scored in double figures for Duke Khaman Maluach was 6-9 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers , 1-1 on free throws to go along with 7 rebounds , 2 assists , 13 points. Kon Knueppel was 6-9 on field goals , 1-2 on 3 pointers , 2-2 on free throws to go along with 4 rebounds, 2 assists , 1 steal , 15 points . Cooper Flagg was 5-10 on field goals , 1-1 on 3 pointers , 5-5 on free throws to go along with 7 rebounds, 5 assists , 16 points. Tyrese Proctor was 4-9 on field goals , 1-3 on 3 pointers , 3-4 on 3 pointers, 3 rebounds, 4 assists , 1 steal , 12 points. Sion James was 4-9 on field goals , 2-5 on 3 pointers , 1-2 on free throws to go along 3 rebounds , 6 assists , 11 points. Isaiah Evans was 5-8 on field goals , 3-5 on 3 pointers , 4-6 on free throws to along to go along with 2 rebounds, 2 assists , 17 points. Caleb Foster was 5-6 on field goals , 2-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 12 points.
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Following 3rd ranked Duke beating Illinois 110-67 Saturday night at Madison Square Garden home of the NBA’s New York Knicks Cooper Flagg who was 5-10 on field goals , 1-1 on 3 pointers , 5-5 on free throws to go along with 7 rebounds, 5 assists , 16 points had this to say!
It's my first time playing here [Madison Square Garden]. That was an incredible atmosphere. I just love the energy, and saw so much blue in the crowd. It's what coach told us we would see. So, just good to see that. I think for us, this whole year has been a learning experience. We've taken it step-by-step, game-by-game, day-by-day, of just trying to get better with every experience that we've gone through, every game we've had. So, I thought we've just, and I personally, have tried to learn and get better from every situation that we've been in. And I feel like I've done that. I'm just trying to make the right play. Just keep moving forward, you get better."
Following 3rd ranked Duke beating Illinois 110-67 Saturday night at Madison Square Garden home of the NBA’s New York Knicks Sion James who is a graduate transfer from Tulane who was 4-9 on field goals , 2-5 on 3 pointers , 1-2 on free throws to go along with 6 assists, 1 steal , 11 points had this to say!
[Playing at Madison Square Garden] was incredible. Saw a lot of blue out there, which is always nice, made it feel nice and homey, and especially as we were rolling, getting shots and scoring the ball. It felt like a lot of Duke fans in the building. It was an unbelievable atmosphere. My first time playing here, and it was great. The big thing for us is doing it [playing defense] together, just like it is even when he [Maliq Brown] was still playing. You can't understate how much of an impact Maliq makes on that end of the floor for us, but we just know that we have to do it by committee, and everyone has to step up. That's something that's been really special to watch. Today, I think Patrick [Ngongba], in his minutes, really stepped up. I think Isaiah [Evans] has taken a huge step. Just to name those two specifically, but I think everyone's really improved on that end and has really bought in.
Following 3rd ranked Duke beating Illinois 110-67 Saturday night at Madison Square Garden home of the NBA’s New York Knicks Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer had this to say!
First, I just want to thank the incredible crowd and to our fans that showed up. Playing Madison Square Garden is truly an honor. It's a privilege, and just to come out and play in that environment meant a lot to our team and to me, our staff, our program. Look, we played great. They missed some shots early. I thought our defense was really consistent. To me, it's about the sharing with 28 assists, six turnovers, and then the fact that we guard. The consistency of everybody stepping up, I could talk about each one of these guys that played tonight, even the guys at the end with what they did, they played the same way. That's the standard that we've talked about. I'm just really proud of their effort, their prep and their togetherness. I couldn't be more proud as a coach."
According to article on goduke.com
Miami comes into the game with Duke with record of 6-21 overall 2-14 in the Atlantic Coast Conference because Miami lost to Virginia Tech 81-68 in Coral Gables Florida where as a team Miami shot 46.2 % on field goals , 35.0 % on 3 pointers , 68.4 % on free throws. Four players scored in double figures. Brandon Johnson was 4-8 on field goals , 2-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 7 rebounds , 4 assists , 1 steal, 1 block, , 10 points. Lynn Kidd was 5-5 on field goals , 6-9 on free throws to go along with 9 rebounds , 3 assists , 1 block, , 16 points. AJ Staton - McCray was 6-11 on field goals , 4-6 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 21 points. Paul DJobet was 6-11 on field goals , 4-6 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds, 21 points.
Following the loss Interim Head Coach Bill Courtney had this to say!
We obviously didn't have a very good defensive game. We tried everything. We couldn't get stops when we needed to get them, especially in the second half. They had a run with the score three straight three-point shots after you took the lead and uh we just didn't get the job done."e lost them. We sometimes lost our man lost them in transition didn't communicate well enough and didn't get the shooters um and that really killed us and it affected us mentally because then on offense we took some tough shots where we had shared the ball particularly well in the first half 11assis on 14 baskets we end up with four sixes in the second half and it kind of goes hand in hand when we don't take good shots they get good shots and take advantage that.I think our group is still giving effort I think they're trying um we just make critical mistakes and then we kind of get down ourselves we haven't yet learned to fight through adversity and that's the thing we keep preaching and you know we got a few games left and we got to just see if we can learn those lessons and be better.
According to ttps://www.si.com/college/miami/basketball/everything-bill-courtney-said-after-virginia-tech-loss-01jmrahwn2ag
Tip off is set for 7:00pm from Watsco Center!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN with Kevin Brown, Jon Crispin commentating!
Kevin Brown serves as a play-by-play commentator on several college sports across ESPN platforms, including football, basketball and softball. He also calls NCAA championship action, serving as a voice on the NCAA Div. I Hockey Championship and Women’s College World Series dayside coverage. Brown has also called Little League games on ESPN, and MLB on ESPN Radio.
In addition to his duties at ESPN, Brown is a TV and radio commentator for the Baltimore Orioles, a role he began in 2019.
From 2010 to 2017, he was the director of broadcasting and media relations for the Syracuse Chiefs, the Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. He was also the lead voice of the team, calling radio and television broadcasts.
Brown is a graduate of Newhouse School at Syracuse University with a degree in broadcast journalism.
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