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2 weeks ago | 
247sports.com | JOhn Watson |JOhn Watson
A brilliant season that seemed poised to end on the highest of notes came crashing down on Saturday night in San Antonio when Duke lost to Houston 70-67 in the national semifinal. The Cougars staged a improbable 9-0 run in the game's final 33 seconds, aided by consistent Blue Devils mistakes, to send head coach Jon Scheyer's team home two wins short of the team's long-stated goal of winning the program's sixth national title.
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2 weeks ago | 
247sports.com | JOhn Watson |JOhn Watson
The Blue Devils will almost assuredly lose seven players from this season's roster in the coming days and weeks, leaving the framework for next season and a clearly defined set of needs. VIPThis is how the road ended for Duke, with a stunned locker room full of players not sure what happened in the game's final moments to bring a season full of promise crashing down.
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2 weeks ago | 
247sports.com | JOhn Watson |JOhn Watson
Duke's season is over. The Blue Devils appeared poised to play for the program's sixth national title on Monday night, but a late game meltdown aided by some questionable officiating resulted in an enigmatic ending to a magical run. Houston used a 9-0 scoring run over the final 37 seconds of the game to win 70-67. Cooper Flagg led Duke with 27 points while Kon Knueppel added 16 to lead the Blue Devils in what ended up being the end of the season.
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2 weeks ago | 
247sports.com | JOhn Watson |JOhn Watson
College basketball's biggest weekend is finally here and the Blue Devils project to be a big part of this season's Final Four in San Antonio where head coach Jon Scheyer and Duke will face Houston in the national semifinal on Saturday night. Houston comes into Saturday ranked as the No.2 team in the country according to kenpom.com, sporting the nation's top rated defense and a Top 10 offense.
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2 weeks ago | 
247sports.com | JOhn Watson |JOhn Watson
Duke head coach Jon Scheyer has won national titles as a player and an assistant coach and now the third year head coach has the Blue Devils in the Final Four for the first time. On Thursday afternoon the 37-year old spoke to the media about his team's preparation for college basketball's biggest stage and what he's hoping Duke can pull off against Houston in the national semifinal. Here's what he said...
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2 weeks ago | 
247sports.com | JOhn Watson |JOhn Watson
The Blue Devils will make on Houston on Saturday night in the national semifinal in San Antonio in the second game of the 2025 Final Four. It's the 18th time in program history Duke will make college basketball's final weekend with 12 of those appearances coming via the East Region. San Antonio sounds great. I couldn't be more excited and happy for these guys," said Jon Scheyer.
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3 weeks ago | 
247sports.com | JOhn Watson |JOhn Watson
The Duke freshman has been named as the POY and FOY courtesy of CollegeInsider.comDuke freshman forward Cooper Flagg and his teammates flew to San Antonio on Wednesday to prepare for Saturday night's Final Four match-up against Houston. By the time the 6-foot-9 forward and his teammates landed in Texas, Flagg had picked up another pair of national awards. More from Duke Sports Information...
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3 weeks ago | 
247sports.com | JOhn Watson |JOhn Watson
Jon Scheyer and his Blue Devils aren't interested in playing games in the NCAA Transfer Portal. At least not yet. While numerous schools attempt to set the market, lure potential targets, and construct next season's roster, Duke is focused exclusively on what the third year head coach and his assistants hope are the season's final two victories. By Tuesday, however, Scheyer's focus will begin to shift from however the 2024-25 season winds up to building a contender for next year.
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3 weeks ago | 
247sports.com | JOhn Watson |JOhn Watson
Cameron and Cayden Boozer have reaffirmed their commitment to play at Duke next season and will now turn their attention to winning the high school national title. Duke Basketball is preparing for college basketball's biggest weekend of the season as the Blue Devils head to San Antonio for the 2025 Final Four. Whether it's one or two more games, Jon Scheyer's third team will enter the history books by Monday night at the latest.
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3 weeks ago | 
247sports.com | JOhn Watson |JOhn Watson
Duke Basketball will face the Houston Cougars next Saturday with a chance to play for the national title on the line. Here's an early look at the match-up. Last Time:Duke underwent almost an entire roster reset after losing to NC State in the Elite Eight last season. To get to that disappointing ending against the Wolfpack, the fourth seeded Blue Devils had to pull an upset on the top seeded Cougars in the Sweet 16.
