With Maliq Brown out because of a knee injury, Duke basketball is facing adversity. Here's what Jon Scheyer and the Blue Devils said about facing it.

Maliq Brown has played a key role in Duke’s defensive prowess this season. The 6-9 forward suffered a knee injury during Duke’s win over Notre Dame on Saturday.

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.

Duke basketball's Maliq Brown, one of the Blue Devils' best defenders, was injured against Notre Dame. Here's what Jon Scheyer said about the injury.

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.

That's not all. Flagg also became the first Duke basketball talent to record at least 35 points, five rebounds, and five assists in any game since his head coach, Jon Scheyer, dropped 36 points, eight rebounds, and nine assists in a home win over Gardner-Webb on Dec. 15, 2009.

This year’s Duke squad is now officially not one of them. Jon Scheyer confirmed this week that Maliq Brown will miss “significant” time with a knee injury suffered against Notre Dame. It’s a heavy blow,