Jared McCain isn’t just dedicated on the court.
The Duke freshman dropped 30 points in his second career NCAA Tournament game on Sunday, making eight 3-pointers to set a Blue Devils tournament record. He went 6/6 from long range to open the game, his second 20-point first half of the season, and the Blue Devils won 93-55.
The next day? He still had a class to attend.
Duke lacrosse player Reagan Digby posted a TikTok on Monday asking her fellow students if the basketball players in their class would appear one day removed from the second-round win.
The results were mixed among the students, but there were more doubters than not. Seven of the 10 people in the video said they didn’t expect their athletic classmates to show up.
Sure enough, however, McCain and teammate Christian Reeves were in their seats for the class.
@stylebyreagan @Jaredmccain24 @Christian Reeves are putting the STUDENT in student athlete #marchmadness #dukembb #dukestudents
The team returned from Brooklyn on Sunday night, but with the game ending after 7:00 p.m., it might be a stretch to say either player got a full night of sleep.
Digby’s original video has more than 140,000 likes as of Tuesday afternoon.