GREENSBORO, N.C. — When Jeremy Roach arrived at Duke as a top-25 prospect in 2020, he had to have envisioned nights like Saturday, nights when he’d lead the Blue Devils to a championship with winning plays in dramatic moments; nights when he’d have the ball in his hands with the fate of such a championship in the balance; nights when his head coach might stop himself in the middle of a nationally-televised interview to offer the highest of praise.
That’s what Jon Scheyer did here in the Greensboro Coliseum late Saturday night. He was up on a makeshift stage after Duke’s 59-49 victory against Virginia in the ACC tournament championship game, and there was blue and white confetti all around, and the Blue Devils were already wearing the championship swag — t-shirts, hats — the ACC provided. And there was Scheyer, the first-year head coach, living his own dream moment when he told ESPN’s Holly Rowe:
“I’m proud of this guy right here, man. You should talk to this guy.”
