The Duke Blue Devils and head coach Jon Scheyer were one of the best teams in the nation during the 2024-25 college basketball season.
While they were unable to win a national championship, Duke did make a run to the Final Four. They looked to be headed to the championship game before losing the lead late in a heartbreaking loss to the Houston Cougars.
Not only were the Blue Devils elite on the court, Scheyer also had his players succeeding in the classroom.
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As shared by Duke in a post on X, the Blue Devils boasted an impressive 3.43 GPA during the spring semester.
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“Best of both,” the three-word post read.
Scheyer has become one of the best head coaches in the nation. Since taking over for the legendary Mike Krzyzewski back in the 2022-23 season, Scheyer has led the program to an impressive 89-22 record. That is good enough for an 80.2 winning percentage.
Duke will have a lot of work to do next season to win a national championship. Both Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel opted to leave the program after their freshman seasons. They are going to be missed in a big way.
Thankfully, the Blue Devils and Scheyer have a new crop of young talent coming in. Cameron Boozer, the son of former NBA player Carlos Boozer, leads the way as the top recruit in the 2025 class.
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Not only does Duke have a new class of freshman players coming in, Scheyer has also made some moves in the transfer portal.
They were able to land small forward Cedric Coward and center Ifeanyi Ufochukwu. 247 Sports listed Coward as a four-star transfer portal player, while Ufochukwu was named a three-star transfer prospect.
Will that be enough to replace the losses of Flagg and Knueppel? Possibly, but that won’t be known until the Blue Devils’ 2025-26 season gets underway.
Either way, Scheyer has built a program the fans can be proud of both on the court and off the court. He has brought in players who excel at basketball and in the classroom.
Also notable in the post shard by Duke is the fact that under Scheyer all-time the Blue Devils’ basketball team has a 3.29 average GPA. He has done an excellent job so far and he’s just getting started.
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Correction: 5/21/2025 10:43 pm ET: This story was updated to correct a typo in title.