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For the first time since he took over as Duke basketball’s head coach, Jon Scheyer was not on the bench for a Blue Devils game on Saturday.

Duke coach Jon Scheyer did not travel with the No. 4 Blue Devils for their 89-62 victory at SMU on Saturday due to illness. The program revealed Scheyer's status roughly 15 minutes before tipoff and announced associate head coach Chris Carrawell would serve as acting head coach for the game.

Now, one could argue that Saturday's win in Dallas, with Scheyer back home in Durham recovering from an illness at the time, kicked the Blue Devils' dominance up yet another notch. Apparently, the team's brilliant effort without Scheyer came as no surprise to the third-year head coach due to the confidence he has in his primary assistants: associate head coach Chris Carrawell,

Duke basketball continued its ACC dominance with a 76-47 win over Pitt, fueled by Cooper Flagg's 19 points and his viral highlight dunk. Blue Devils head coach Jon Scheyer addressed Flagg's 14-point explosion in the second half after the win.