BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Jon Scheyer knows better than most the pressure that comes with wearing a Duke uniform. The highs feel a little higher, the lights brighter than they’d be for most.
“And when things aren’t going as well, you can feel like you’re a lot worse than what you really are,” said the Duke head coach and former star guard. “When you lose in the ACC tournament, we lose our last regular-season game, and it can feel like the world is ending a little bit — even though this is what all these guys came back to do and came back for is this moment right here.