Cooper Flagg hoping to overcome illness as Duke basketball tries for bounce back win
Cooper Flagg has been dominant for the Duke basketball team over the last few weeks but it felt like something has been off while watching him.
In the Blue Devils’ victory against Syracuse on Wednesday, Flagg wasn’t looking to score nor was he aggressive on the offensive end and finished with only 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting from the field in 28 minutes in a blowout victory.
After a largely successful first season on the job, Duke appears to be rewarding coach Jon Scheyer with a long-term commitment.
The Blue Devils have signed Scheyer to an extension through the 2028–29 season, according to a Friday afternoon report from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Scheyer, 36, guided Duke to a 27–9 record in the program’s first season following the retirement of longtime coach Mike Krzyzewski. The ACC tournament champion Blue Devils were seeded fifth in the NCAA tournament, defeating Oral Roberts in the first round before losing to Tennessee in the second.