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Duke's Caleb Foster game-time decision for Sweet 16 matchup vs. St John's

By Andy BackstromYahoo Sports

Foster has attacked his rehab from a fracture in his right foot that he suffered during the regular-season finale.

Earlier this week, Duke head coach Jon Scheyer told CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein that when starting point guard Caleb Foster went down with a fracture in his right foot during a regular-season finale win over North Carolina , he thought there was a “one in a million” chance Foster would play in this year’s NCAA tournament . “Since he’s gotten hurt, Caleb, the way that he’s worked, the chances have continued to increase,” Scheyer said at the time. And on Thursday, a day out from Friday’s Sweet 16 showdown versus No.

5 St. John’s, Scheyer described the junior as a game-time decision for the top-seeded Blue Devils. Draft your Yahoo Fantasy Baseball team for the 2026 MLB Season Jon Scheyer calls Caleb Foster a "game-time decision" for tomorrow against St.

John's 👀 "He's gonna give it everything he has to go tomorrow night" pic. twitter. com/NjWPT0Mi7Q — The Field of 68 (@TheFieldOf68) March 26, 2026 “Caleb, I just go back to when he got hurt,” Scheyer said in his Thursday news conference.

“He told me, ‘Look, if I do this and work every day, you’ve got to promise me you’re going to let me put this uniform on again with our guys. ’ “And he’s in a position where he’s going to try to do that tomorrow night. He had a good day of practice yesterday doing a little bit.