There haven’t been too many points of public adversity for the Duke basketball team this season – it’s what happens when you only have two losses in mid-February – but Tuesday night against Pittsburgh provided a peek behind the curtain.
Jon Scheyer benched Isaiah Evans and Maliq Brown at the start of the second half. It was a stunner to see Evans on the sidelines despite his struggles from 3-point range and Brown, who was starting for the injured Pat Ngongba, was trying to anchor the frontcourt next to Cameron Boozer.