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Duke basketball: Jon Scheyer silences critics with supreme class

Duke basketball head coach-in-waiting Jon Scheyer (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)

Heck, Duke basketball recruiting might even be improving under Jon Scheyer.

Ever since early June when Mike Krzyzewski announced his planned retirement for next spring, those who loathe all things Duke basketball have been pushing a doomsday narrative. They contend that Coach K’s named successor-in-waiting, Jon Scheyer, won’t be able to continue the program’s recent recruiting domination.

How’s their brainwashing campaign working out?

Well, to answer that, let’s look at what these anti-Dukies so often ignore: facts.

Evidence that Duke basketball recruiting is prospering under Jon Scheyer

This week, Jon Scheyer’s first haul as the chief recruiting decision-maker in Durham moved to No.