When the Duke Blue Devils come to city, there’ll at all times be storylines and an enormous media presence. That was actually the case final night time when the Blue Devils soundly defeated the Miami Hurricanes 97-60. However the consideration wasn’t as almost as centered on the gamers, as an alternative, it was on Duke affiliate head coach Jai Lucas.
Earlier within the week, CanesInSight was the primary to report that Lucas would turn out to be Miami’s subsequent head coach. Miami and Lucas are nonetheless negotiating a contract, that means nothing is remaining but, in keeping with The Related Press.
After the sport, Duke head coach Jon Scheyer and freshman guards Isaiah Evans and Kon Knueppel fielded questions from media members about Lucas.
“Jai is a particular coach. We’ve been by means of rather a lot collectively for 3 years. He’s the whole lot [you can want in a coach], consideration to element, nice with relationships, nice on a ground, and so he’s an ideal coach,” Scheyer mentioned.
Nevertheless, when Evans and Knueppel had been requested how Lucas helped their improvement at Duke, Scheyer answered as an alternative.
“We’re going to speak about our group. Coach Lucas is one of the best. I believe these guys will let you know the influence that he’s made. It’s not our information to share. We’ll let Miami deal with that.”
Miami interim head coach Invoice Courtney was requested if he addressed his group in regards to the hiring.
“No, not one bit,” Courtney mentioned. “Once more, I didn’t know something was official.”
For freshman guards Jalil Bethea and Divine Ugochukwu, they didn’t know something in regards to the scenario.
“I don’t actually concentrate on that stuff. I simply concentrate on hooping,” mentioned Bethea. Ugochukwu adopted that up by saying, “Rumors are rumors.”
“It’s not likely an enormous change for us. The principle factor is the sport. I’m positive guys, particularly the younger guys have thought of it. It’s virtually inconceivable to not hear the noise,” Courtney mentioned.
With nothing official from Hurricanes Athletics but, media hypothesis will proceed to swirl. However for now, the Hurricanes are centered on one factor – basketball.