How Caleb Foster, Duke squeaked into Elite 8 with sheer will and a scooter: 'He had no business playing tonight'
Foster's gutsy return to the court to help the Blue Devils make the Elite Eight was a made-for-March moment.
WASHINGTON, DC — If you listened closely, you could hear the squeak. Eeeek. Eeeek.
Just barely audible, the noise came filtering down the hallway and then into the postgame interview room. Emerging through the doorway was Caleb Foster, the heart and soul of the NCAA tournament’s overall No. 1 seed, the Duke Blue Devils, his right leg propped onto a two-wheel scooter, his ankle and foot — shoe and sock-less — covered in bubble wrap.
He parked his transportation device at the foot of the erected podium, limped up its stairs and slumped, clearly exhausted, into an awaiting chair. Caleb Foster and the Duke Blue Devils head to the podium. pic.
twitter. com/5ia3s1JQGX — Carolina Blitz (@KeepBlitzin) March 28, 2026 Minutes earlier, the junior leader of this team returned from a more than two-week-long injury in the most exhilarating way and in the most incredible setting: He scored 11 points, sinking three consecutive shots in a timely stretch that spurred Duke to overcome a 10-point second-half deficit and win a Sweet 16 game against St. John’s, 80-75 .
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