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Monday, November 7
Durham, N.C.
7 p.m.
Duke University
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Jacksonville
Scheyer Era Begins Monday When No. 7 Duke Hosts Jacksonville
11/4/2022 4:40:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Opening Tip
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- The 118th season of Duke men's basketball begins Monday night when the Blue Devils welcome Jacksonville to Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- The game tips at 7 p.m. ET on ACC Network with Jay Alter and Malcolm Huckaby on the call. On the radio, David Shumate and John Roth call the action on the Blue Devil Sports Network from Learfield.
- This season marks the first for head coach Jon Scheyer, a 2010 Duke graduate and four-year letterwinner for the Blue Devils who spent the previous nine years on the staff under Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski.
- The 35-year-old Scheyer is among the youngest head coaches in D-I men's basketball, and the youngest at a power conference institution. He was named to The Athletic's 40 Under 40 in college sports in 2022, and was previously touted as one of the best assistant coaches in college basketball.Â
- Duke is 90-27 all-time in season-opening games and has won 21 consecutive lid lifters.
- The Blue Devils and Dolphins are meeting for the first time.
- Monday's opponent, Jacksonville, was 21-10 last season and reached the ASUN title game before falling to Bellarmine, which visit Cameron Indoor on Monday, Nov. 21.
- Junior guard Jeremy Roach, a preseason first-team All-ACC pick and a member of the watch list for the Cousy Award, returns after helping lead Duke to the Final Four, a ACC regular-season title and a 32-7 mark last season.
- Roach averaged 8.6 points last season, but upped that to 11.8 points and 3.0 assists in Duke's five-game run to the Final Four as he was named to the West Region All-Tournament Team.
- Roach is the Blue Devils' lone captain for 2022-23.
- In total, Duke has 11 newcomers on the roster -- seven freshmen -- all recruited and signed by Scheyer which comprise the nation's No. 1 recruiting class, and four graduate transfers.
- In Duke's only public exhibition game, graduate Jacob Grandison led four in double figures with 17 points, while freshman Mark Mitchell scored 15 with six rebounds and graduate Ryan Young added 12 points in an 82-45 win over Fayetteville State on Wednesday night.
- In preparation for the 2022-23 season, the Blue Devils also played a closed scrimmage at preseason-No. 3 Houston on Oct. 28.
- Jacksonville was 21-10 last season and 11-5 in the ASUN, falling in the ASUN championship game to Bellarmine, which visits Cameron Indoor on Nov. 21.
- The Dolphins were picked second in the ASUN preseason poll this year while redshirt senior guard Kevion Nolan unanimously voted to the All-Conference team.
- Nolan was a first-team All-ASUN pick last season after leading the team in scoring (13.9) and assists (4.0).
- Second-year head coach Jordan Mincy won the 2022 Joe B. Hall Award as the top first-year head coach in the country in leading the Dolphins to their best season in more than a decade.
- Mincy was an assistant coach at Florida from 2015-21 under head coach Mike White -- who is the son of former Duke Athletics Director Kevin White.
- The Gators played Duke twice times in that span -- winning 84-74 in 2016-17 and 87-84 the following season.
- Duke has never played a regular-season or exhibition game on November 7.
- Former Duke All-American and two-time team captain Jon Scheyer is the 20th head coach in Duke's storied basketball history. He was named to the position on June 4, 2021, succeeding Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski, who announced in June 2021 his plan to retire from coaching following the 2021-22 season.
- The 35-year-old Scheyer is among the youngest head coaches in Division-I men's basketball, and the youngest at a power conference institution. He was named to The Athletic's 40 Under 40 in college sports in 2022, and was previously touted as one of the best assistant coaches in college basketball.
- He has vast experience on the Duke bench, having served on Krzyzewski's staff since the 2013-14 season. His previous roles with the Blue Devils include special assistant, assistant coach and the previous three years as associate head coach.
- As a player, Scheyer sparked the Blue Devils to two ACC championships and the 2010 NCAA title as a player from 2007- 10. In his time on the coaching staff, he helped Duke compile a 245-71 (.775) record, a national championship (2015), two Final Fours (2015, 2022) and two ACC Tournament crowns (2017, 2019).
- The Northbrook, Ill., native has been integral in the recruiting and development of several young Duke stars since joining the staff, and landed the nation's No. 1-ranked recruiting class for the 2022-23 campaign.
- Duke has signed a top-three recruiting class per ESPN in every season since Scheyer joined the staff, including the No. 1 class five times in nine seasons (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022).
- Among Scheyer's personnel moves in June were the hiring of Jai Lucas as an assistant coach and the promotion of Amile Jefferson to assistant coach. Scheyer also added Mike Schrage as special assistant to the head coach and Rachel Baker as general manager.
- The Blue Devils are 90-27 all-time in season openers, and have won 21 consecutive.
- In season openers at home, Duke has won 29 consecutive -- last falling to Vanderbilt, 76-75, in double overtime on Nov. 26, 1981.
- All-time, Duke is 47-6 in season openers at home and has won 40 of the last 41.
- In their coaching debuts, former Duke head coaches are 12-7 in season openers -- the last four have been victorious -- Mike Krzyzewski (67-49 vs. Stetson on Nov. 29, 1980), Bill Foster (100-67 vs. Cornell on Nov. 30, 1974), Neil McGeachy (82-69 vs. East Carolina on Dec. 1, 1973) and Bucky Waters (66-63 vs. Virginia Tech on Dec. 1, 1969).
- Graduate Jacob Grandison led four Blue Devils in double figures with 17 points, while freshman Mark Mitchell scored 15 with six rebounds, two assists and two steals and graduate Ryan Young added 12 points and six boards.
- Duke led 50-22 at the half and defeated Fayetteville State, 82-45, on Wednesday night.
- Duke was 30-of-53 (.586) from the field, 8-of-19 (.421) from three-point range and knocked down all 14 free throw attempts.
- The game as Duke's only public exhibition in preparation for the 2022-23 season. The Blue Devils also played a closed scrimmage at preseason-No. 3 Houston on Oct. 28.
- With the release of the Associated Press preseason poll on Oct. 17, Duke was ranked No. 7 -- extending a notable streak.
- The Blue Devils have now been ranked in the top 10 at least once in 27 consecutive seasons -- the longest active streak nationally. The next closest program is Kansas, which has held a top-10 ranking at some point in each of the last 17 seasons.
- The No. 9 ranking also marked the 15th consecutive season that the Blue Devils made their debut in the top 10.
- Duke has connected on at least one three-pointer in 1,153 straight games, the second-longest streak nationally.
- It has been more than 30 years since Duke was held without a three-point field goal -- Dec. 30, 1989, versus Hawai'i.
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