A Good Take On Jon Scheyer’s Time At Duke

GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA - MARCH 21: Head coach Jon Scheyer of the Duke Blue Devils looks on in the first half against the TCU Horned Frogs during the second round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Bon Secours Wellness Arena on March 21, 2026 in Greenville, South Carolina. (Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Over at CBSSports.com, Gary Parrish has one of the more rational takes on Duke under Jon Scheyer than we’ve seen in a while.

Here’s part of what he said:

“The problem, of course, with consistently assembling rosters that on paper seem good enough to win the whole thing is that it becomes a criticism directed at you if you don’t actually win the whole thing. And this is where Scheyer kind of finds himself now…He’s had three straight teams finish in the top four at KenPom.com but has only one Final Four to show for it — and zero national titles. And it doesn’t help that his Blue Devils have ended consecutive seasons by blowing double-digit leads against lower-seeded teams.

“But I … am old enough to remember that Roy Williams, Billy Donovan, Bill Self and John Calipari … faced similar questions at different points in their careers about whether they could ‘win the big one.’ As you know, they all eventually did — with Williams ultimately winning three NCAA Tournaments while Donovan and Self got two apiece….

“It’s usually just a matter of time.“

What he might have added to that is this: in the last two seasons, as he notes, Duke faded badly in the final game.