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3 Duke Basketball Freshmen Impress Jon Scheyer With Response to Not Playing
Duke basketball rookies Bryson Howard and Cameron Williams, who were both ranked among the top 25 recruits as five-star prospects in the 2026 cycle, could have committed to just about any other program in the country and probably been tabbed as centerpiece starters as soon as they stepped foot on campus. And chances are former four-star prep Maxime Meyer would at least be in the primary rotation right away at pretty much any other school.
But as members of a stacked 2026-27 Blue Devil squad, none of the three saw even a single minute off the bench in No. 2-ranked Duke's 79-73 loss to the No. 5 Michigan State Spartans on Tuesday night at the Champions Classic in Chicago's United Center.