Scheyer's not suiting up anytime soon and facing Isiah one-on-one. Looking peaked, he played about nine minutes and seemed more interested in feeding the red-hot Stamas, who finished with a single-game tournament-record 10 three-pointers and 34 points, than he did in boosting his own numbers. 7 Duke past Gardner-Webb 11368", "Post-Game Quotes Georgia Tech Official Athletic Site", "Best story lost, best team won and Coach K won't be swayed by $15 million", "Ex-Glenbrook N. star Scheyer goes out a winner", "Is this the end of the line for Jon Scheyer? He is ready for this amazing opportunity and clearly recognizes the significance of the position in which he finds himself. All rights reserved. As you know, he came to Duke in 2006 and enjoyed an outstanding career as a student-athlete. Costs about $5 to see him most nights, still chucking the rock at the prep level. Williamson and Banchero join six other Scheyer-coached Blue Devils to be named ACC Rookie of the Year, including Kyle Filipowski this past season Scheyers first commitment in the 2022-23 class, who chose to wear the No. 4 scorer in state history, and he led the Spartans to berths downstate in three of four seasons, including the Class AA state title as a junior in 2005. He was a consensus second-team All-American and a first-team All-ACC pick in his final season after starting all 40 contests and scoring in double figures in all but two games on the year. Scheyer married his wife Marcelle in May 2017. Jon Scheyer enrolled at Glenbrook North High School, where he once scored 21 points in a game's final 75 seconds of play in an attempt to spark a comeback. In your first head-coaching job at any level. Scheyer helped mentor Tyus Jones to Final Four Most Outstanding Player honors and an NBA first-round pick in 2015. That's where the debate gets hairy. Jons done everything as a Duke assistant, Krzyzewski said Thursday. Heres all you need to know: Jon Scheyer scored 21 points in 75 seconds in front of 3990 fans. [91], On October 9, he was waived. One of them just happened to be Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. As part of a 52-point effort, Scheyer once scored 21 points in the span of one minute and 15 seconds of game time at the Proviso West holiday tournament. Whats the best high school performance youve ever seen? A lifetime decision into The Brotherhood. FORMER BLUE DEVIL BILLY KING Famed multisport star scored 969 points in 1941 and 834 the next season. As a senior in 2010, Scheyer averaged 18.2 points, 4.9 assists and 1.6 steals per game from the point guard position to spark Duke to a 35-5 record and its fourth national championship. New Braves: Catch up on all of Bradley basketball's newest players after a busy recruiting season. Scheyer is third in program history with a 43.9 percent career 3-point percentage in the ACC tournament. I think my whole body went into shock, Scheyer told Sporting News. [14] He received a scholarship offer from Marquette University's Tom Crean as an eighth-grader. Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Our 20th head coach. Coaching a bunch of McDonald's All-Americans at Duke doesn't seem nearly as challenging. He was a McDonalds and Parade All-American as a senior at Glenbrook North High School in 2006. [114], Following his overseas career, Scheyer was added to Duke's men's basketball staff by head coach Mike Krzyzewski in April 2013 as a special assistant after the resignation of assistant coach Chris Collins. "He could lead his school to two state titles and he could become the state's all-time scoring leader for a career and single season. On September 22, 2010, Scheyer accepted a training camp invitation with the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. Every basketball parent will remember his name, even if their kids dont. Moreover, he was the 2006 Mr . As a player and assistant coach, Jon learned from the very best in Mike Krzyzewski. He is unbelievable. [131], National champion Data Provided By Max Strus and Jimmy Butler scored 31 points apiece, and the Miami Heat got into the playoffs by rallying in the final minutes to beat the Chicago Bulls 102-91 in an Eastern Conference play-in game . Remember, high school basketball in Illinois has been going on for 100 years, not 10 or 15.". Recruiting and Developing the Nations Premier Players He ranks fourth in Duke history with 297 3-pointers made in his career. You've got to score. Seeing that, Scheyer willingly changed from superstar to role player. Yet the same names come up when asking who carries the mantle. ". But with Scheyer averaging 18.2 points per game as a senior captain, Duke won 18 of its final 19 games, the last of which being a 61-59 win over Butler in the national championship game that was secured only when Gordon Haywards half-court heave bounded off the rim. [96][97] After some additional time off to recover from his injury, on February 17, 2011, Scheyer signed a contract with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, the Houston Rockets D-League team, which had 16 games left in their season. In a memorable final that came down to a half-court heave by Butlers Gordon Hayward that rimmed out, the Blue Devils prevailed 61-59 with Scheyer scoring five of their last 10 points and finishing with 15. [109], The team was limited to no more than four players who are non-Israeli, but because Scheyer has a Jewish father he had the ability to obtain Israeli citizenship relatively quickly, and did so in September 2011. Scheyer scored a team-high 23 points in Dukes semifinal win over West Virginia, setting the stage for the national championship game against Butler. I think [Scheyer] is the best player ever to play high school basketball in Illinois, Dave Weber, the Glenbrook North coach at the time, said before Scheyers senior season. LaPhonso Ellis, East St. Louis Lincoln: Anchored the first two of three straight ESL title teams. He averaged 14.4 points per game while scoring in double figures 114 times (sixth-most in Duke history) and leading the Blue Devils to a 115-29 (.799) record. He's a rare player in this day and age. Things move quickly. 26 -- TOTAL NBA DRAFT PICKS COACHED (TWO OVERALL NO. He also tied for 2nd in games with 20 or more points (17), and was 3rd in scoring (18.2 points per game), 4th in assists (4.9 per game) and 3-point FG percentage (.383), and 7th in steals (1.6 per game). And, by the way, Scheyer managed all this despite being so sick he had been to the doctor twice in the previous several days. The NCAA threatened states over anti-transgender bills. 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The last two times Nikcevich saw Scheyer play, each time at a holiday tournament, GBN lost. He has been a student-athlete, a team captain, a national championship player and coach. Scheyer was the only non-senior among those First Team All-State selections and was the only underclassman on any of the first three All-State squads. ESPNs DICK VITALE Scroll to the right to view the entire table. (updated April 2023). Scheyer once scored a game-high 18 points against Derrick Rose and Simeon High School. Are they headed for Illinois? Andy Wittry has written for Stadium, SI.com, Sporting News, the Indianapolis Star, Louisville Courier-Journal and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Im a believer. 2 -- NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (2010, 2015) Nails 3-pointer while fouled at 1:15. FORMER BLUE DEVIL, ACC NETWORKS CARLOS BOOZER [23], In the 200607 season he started all 33 Blue Devils games as a freshman,[35] and scored a season-high 26 points in a loss to North Carolina on February 7, 2007. Among Dukes Winningest Players Why trust his latest? Are they headed for Illinois? A few opinions on Glenbrook North's Jon Scheyer. 1 selections Zion Williamson in 2019 and Paolo Banchero in 2022. [71], Scheyer set the ACC all-time single-season record for minutes played in 200910 (with 1,470, passing Dennis Scott). Considering his experience in such an unenviable role, Hall once joked that the Bruins should have hired him instead of Bartow. He doesn't make a lot of mistakes. Scheyer became a full-time assistant coach a year later when Steve Wojciechowski took the head coaching job at Marquette, and he was promoted to associate head coach after the 2017-18 season. "My coach has a lot of confidence in me to say something like that. I blocked out whatever happened before and played with my heart," Scheyer said after an 85-79 Dec. 28, 2005, loss to Proviso West, in the process topping numerous records at the prestigious Hillside tournament. A two-time Gatorade Illinois Player of the Year, Scheyer was named to the 100 Legends of Illinois Basketball in 2007. Taking an active role in the Durham community, he and Marcelle began the Scheyer Kid Captain program in 2022-23. Can you score 21 points in the game's final 75 seconds? It wasn't his coaches'. 28 player nationally in the 2006 recruiting class, according to the Recruiting Services Consensus Index (RSCI). @JonScheyer # pic.twitter.com/9FRpdM6pVM, School: DukePosition: GuardHeight: 6-5Weight: 190 poundsYears active: 2006-10NCAA tournament record: 9-3Career averages: 14.4 points per game, 3.6 rebounds per game, 3.1 assists per game, 40.6% shooting. Only three other players who have scored more career points than Scheyer have played in more state finals games: Chicago King's Jamie Brandon, Lawrenceville's Marty Simmons and Eddleman. As a high school player, Scheyer smashed records and impressed his coaches. I have a third chance to go downstate. These schools have won the most NCAA men's basketball national championships. He is just the fourth major conference coach all-time to win 27 or more games at age 50 or younger in a debut season and the first to do so at 35 or younger. He understands what lies ahead and will have all us standing with him. Athletic director Kevin White approved Scheyer as Krzyzewskis successor on Wednesday. When he played professionally for Maccabi Tel-Aviv in Israel, Scheyers faith allowed him to become an Israeli citizen so he wouldnt count against the teams maximum of four foreign players. Scheyer chose Duke over finalists Illinois, Wisconsin and Arizona, and he played in 144 games over four seasons for the Blue Devils, including 108 starts. "When your best player is also your hardest worker, you give thanks. In the upper levels of their farm system, the Cubs, who snapped a three-game skid by beating the Nats, are strong on the hitting side but taking blows on the pitching side. Personal His remarkable 21-points-in-75-seconds outburst in the 2005 Proviso West holiday tournament remains a You Tube classic.