The Duke Blue Devils defeated the Maine Black Bears by 34 points in their 2024-25 season opener, and college basketball analyst Andy Katz thinks there’s more to come for head coach Jon Scheyer and his team.
“I don’t think there is a great team this season,” Katz said on Monday night. “There’s a lot of good teams, and Duke is one of them.”
Five-star freshman [autotag]Cooper Flagg[/autotag] and [autotag]Kon Knueppel[/autotag] stole the show on opening day, combining for 40 points thanks to three Knueppel 3-pointers and an electrifying one-handed Flagg dunk. Katz wanted to zero in on the two returning starters, however: Tyrese Proctor and Caleb Foster.
“If they can play above their age, if you will, and are calming for the rest of this group, then they’ve got a real shot (at a national championship),” Katz concluded.
Proctor finished the first game of his junior season with 10 points after making three of his five 3-point attempts. Foster scored 11 points and tacked on three assists, tied for the third-most on the team in both categories.