Video: Duke HC Jon Scheyer Says He Beat Jayson Tatum in 1-on-1 Last Time They Played
October 9, 2024
Duke men's basketball head coach Jon Scheyer said during an interview with The Field of 68 that he beat Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum in one-on-one last summer.
The Field of 68 @TheFieldOf68"Next time you're trading messages with Jayson Tatum, ask him who won the last game of 1-on-1 we played. I played Jayson 1-on-1 last summer and beat him" - <a href="https://twitter.com/JonScheyer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JonScheyer</a><br><br>Shots fired 😳 Is this true?? <a href="https://twitter.com/jaytatum0?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jaytatum0</a> 🤔<br><br>ACC MEDIA DAY:<a href="https://t.co/dPBHtjHhTB">https://t.co/dPBHtjHhTB</a> <a href="https://t.co/It8V99XUOa">pic.twitter.com/It8V99XUOa</a>
The 37-year-old Scheyer was a high school basketball star for Glenbrook North in Illinois, becoming a 5-star recruit and a McDonald's All-American.
He signed with Duke and played there for four seasons, earning consensus second-team All-American and first-team All-ACC honors in 2010 en route to helping lead the Blue Devils to a national championship.
Scheyer played professionally overseas for a few years before returning to Duke as an assistant in 2014. He was an assistant coach when Tatum played for the Blue Devils during his lone season in Durham (2016-17).
So Scheyer could certainly hold his own, but the 26-year-old Tatum, obviously, is one of the best basketball players in the world right now. He's made the All-NBA First Team each of the past three years and just led the Celtics to an NBA title, averaging 26.9 points per game.
So if Scheyer beat him in one-on-one recently, then that's an incredible upset and accomplishment. We'll see if Tatum is asked about the one-on-one game after Scheyer brought to light.
