Jon Scheyer has not made many poor decisions this season for the Duke basketball team but his choice to change the starting lineup prior to Saturday’s game against SMU was confusing.
The Blue Devils have been looking for a consistent fifth starter for most of the season and the Duke head coach opted to pull Cayden Boozer from the lineup in replace of Dame Sarr, who shined earlier in the week defensively against Louisville.
However, that was not the biggest surprise. He also yanked Patrick Ngongba, who struggled against the Cardinals but had been playing very well for a majority of the season, in favor of defensive guru Maliq Brown.