Duke's Final Four Challenge: Jon Scheyer's Leadership Debut

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00:00In the second game, of course, it will be Duke and Houston.

00:04Here is John Shire, of course, taking over for the great Coach K.

00:08First time he is bringing Duke to the Final Four as the head man.

00:12Here he is.

00:12Well, it's it's it's special.

00:14You know, you feel a great deal of responsibility,

00:18you know, to be the head coach at Duke and

00:21you want for your players to be able to experience this.

00:25And so walking out there today for practice,

00:28I was just soaking it in like I was when I was twenty two years old,

00:30walking out for the first time.

00:32You know, it's the Final Four is is a once in a lifetime kind of thing.

00:37And to be a part of this being my my fourth Final Four,

00:41obviously first as a head coach.

00:43But if you're around great people, you're at a great place.

00:48It's something I'll never take for granted.

00:50But at the same time, I feel we belong here.

00:52You know, I feel this is what we've worked for.

00:54And so there's that that combination of amazing pride,

00:58wanting to soak it in, but then the incredible hunger

01:02and understanding what a challenge, you know, this game is going to be on Saturday.

01:05So for me, it's that combination.

01:08I think it'll be a challenge as well.

01:10But look, I thought their games that they

01:14struggled in were on the road, like in Little John, whatever.

01:17This is a neutral court, so it could be a struggle against Houston.

01:22I don't know if I believe Houston can shoot for 40 minutes

01:27against that defense and have a high percentage.

01:31I really don't. I look what they did to Alabama.

01:34That's all I need to see is what they do to teams.

01:37It doesn't matter where the game is.

01:39They just affect your shots, your everything about it, your space.

01:44You have no space.

01:47Getting open looks against Duke is nearly impossible.

01:49So I'm not surprised they're back.

01:52I think they're the best college basketball program in the country.