The Latest Breaking News from Jon Scheyer

This isn’t a season (or an era) for the younger phenoms, which hasn’t always been the case.

DURHAM, N.C. — It took an old friend’s potential final visit to Duke as a head coach to get the retired Mike Krzyzewski back to Cameron Indoor Stadium for a Blue Devils basketball game.

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.

DURHAM, N.C. — Thanks to a quirk of the schedule and the somewhat unexpected state of the ACC, Duke got a chance to climb the ladder, playing three of the four teams above it in the standings in an 11-day span, starting with Pittsburgh.

DURHAM, N.C. — Thanks to a quirk of the schedule and the somewhat unexpected state of the ACC, Duke got a chance to climb the ladder, playing three of the four teams above it in the standings in an 11-day span, starting with Pittsburgh.

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Once up 14 points in the second half, No. 16 Duke struggled to the finish but got the big play it needed from Kyle Filipowski to finish off Boston College.