The SMU game is the first game Scheyer, who is in his third season as Duke’s head coach, missed since taking over the program following Mike Krzyzewski’s retirement in 2022. He never missed a game during his Duke playing career from 2006-10, when he appeared in 144 games.

Duke coach Jon Scheyer didn’t travel with the team to Dallas due to illness. Associate head coach Chris Carrawell took Scheyer’s spot on the bench as acting head coach at Moody Coliseum.

The "bizarre experience" of watching Duke basketball on TV made Jon Scheyer feel like a movie character. Here's what he said about his absence.

For the first time since he took over as Duke basketball’s head coach, Jon Scheyer will not be on the bench for a Blue Devils game on Saturday.

Duke men's basketball coach Jon Scheyer appears to have recovered from his weekend illness. The third-year Blue Devils coach did not travel with the team to SMU for Saturday's game, but the squad post

Jon Scheyer also said it was valuable watching his team, ranked No. 4 in last week’s AP Top 25, beat SMU 89-62 from a different perspective.