The Latest Breaking News from Jon Scheyer

Duke didn't get a call, and they're not going to let it go.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — While doing their best to block outside noise from breaking their focus, Duke’s players know the significance of this basketball season.

Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim essentially said he decides his end date with the school, while others have hand-picked their successors.

DURHAM, N.C. — The night before his first game against North Carolina, at least his first one as Duke’s head coach, Jon Scheyer participated in a familiar ritual. He met with the students — 3,000 of them, he said — inside Cameron Indoor Stadium, and delivered the de facto keynote…

Neither rival is having the season it hoped for as they play for the first time in the post–Coach K era.

DURHAM, N.C. — In the aftermath, Jon Scheyer and Steve Forbes were in agreement on many things. That Duke’s guards were better. That Dereck Lively continues to impact games without scoring. That Wake Forest does things on offense to ask questions opposing defenses don’t want to answer.

Duke expects to get Dariq Whitehead back onto the floor at some point this season — something that looked doubtful when he was helped from the court with a lower leg injury Monday night — but the Blue Devils will be without the 6-7 forward this weekend at Georgia Tech.

DURHAM, N.C. — A growing spot of blood slowly oozed through the wrap covering Kyle Filipowski’s right knee Saturday as he sat by his locker inside Cameron Indoor Stadium.

DURHAM, N.C. — Their captain’s return didn’t help a struggling offense down the stretch, but Duke’s tough-as-nails defense and Kyle Filipowski’s clutch free throws led to a Blue Devils win.