Saturday’s blowout win over Virginia provided many positives for the Blue Devils. It kept them within reach of the ACC regular-season title. It gave them their first win over a tournament-caliber team without Caleb Foster.
The biggest milestone, however, was reached by head coach Jon Scheyer, who became the fastest Duke head coach to reach 50 career wins.
Scheyer only needed 65 games to reach the milestone, with a 50-15 record during his two years with the Blue Devils thus far. He led Duke to a 27-9 record a year ago, and his team is 23-6 so far this year.
For comparison, legendary head coach Mike Krzyzewski had a record of 27-30 through his first two seasons. It took Coach K 98 games to record his 50th win as Duke’s head coach.
Head Coach Jon Scheyer now has 50 career wins and is the fastest Duke men’s basketball head coach to reach that mark (50-15).
— #DukeMBBStats (@DukeMBBStats) March 3, 2024
The win over the Cavaliers also improved Duke’s home record to 31-2 under Scheyer’s two-year run.