No. 1 overall seed Duke enters NCAA Tournament motivated by last year's Final Four loss
Duke enters the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 overall seed and looking to avenge last season's missed opportunity. The Blue Devils (32-2) were bounced in the Final Four by Houston despite a team that included five future NBA players, including three lottery picks and two players now battling neck-and-neck for the Rookie of the Year honors in Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel.
It is a loss that still motivates coach Jon Scheyer as Duke prepares to open tournament play Thursday against No. 16 seed Siena.
GREENVILLE, S. C. (AP) — Duke enters the NCAA Tournament as the No.
1 overall seed and looking to avenge last season's missed opportunity. The Blue Devils (32-2) were bounced in the Final Four by Houston despite a team that included five future NBA players, including three lottery picks and two players now battling neck-and-neck for the Rookie of the Year honors in Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel. It is a loss that still motivates coach Jon Scheyer as Duke prepares to open tournament play Thursday against No.
16 seed Siena. “I take every lesson along the way and learn from it,” Scheyer said. “I learned very quickly that being in this position, the head coach at Duke, you put yourself in a spot where we’ve had championships and special moments, but you also put yourself in position where you can have your heart broken.
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