Remember when Jon Scheyer scored 21 points in 75 seconds? Statistically, its easy to make the case that Scheyer is the most complete player in IHSA basketball history. Scheyer was part of the highest-scoring trio in men's basketball during the 2010 season, when he, Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith averaged a combined 61 points per game. One thing escaped him on this night of domination. It poses the question: who was the greatest player in Illinois state history? Costs about $5 to see him most nights, still chucking the rock at the prep level. Jon Scheyer scored 21 points in 75 seconds in a game when he was a senior in high school. Coaching Career: Special Assistant, Duke, 2013-14;Assistant Coach, Duke, 2014-18;Associate Head Coach, Duke, 2018-22;Head Coach, Duke, 2022-present Shaun Livingston, Peoria High: The 6-7 guard led the Lions to back-to-back Class AA state titles in 2003 and 2004. [37][72][76] In addition, he had 208 steals (8th in school history, behind Grant Hill), and had scored 2,077 points (9th on Duke's all-time list, behind Jason Williams and Gene Banks). Scheyer is one of 608 DI men's basketball players who scored at least 2,000 points in their college careers. He mostly wanted to have it include a team championship. [17][18] Scheyer was known as the "Jewish Jordan", and the Spartans' state championship team is the only high school state championship basketball squad in the nation known to have included an all-Jewish starting line-up. It wasnt to pick anyones brain about local recruits or ask about a player in the transfer portal. Jon Scheyer Scheyer in 2009 Duke Blue Devils Position Head coach League Atlantic Coast Conference Personal information Born (1987-08-24) August 24, 1987(age 35) Northbrook, Illinois, U.S. Follow him on Twitter @WesHuett. Remember, high school basketball in Illinois has been going on for 100 years, not 10 or 15.". No area player had ever turned down a scholarship offer from Krzyzewski until Rolling Meadows star Max Christie chose Michigan State over the Blue Devils in July. Become a fan of Dime Magazine on Facebook HERE. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. College Career: Four-year letterman, Duke, 2007-2010 My only wish for him is not to replicate my first three years, Krzyzewski said Thursday. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Jons done everything as a Duke assistant, Krzyzewski said Thursday. He has been a student-athlete, a team captain, a national championship player and coach. That would be the difference; he won state.". named head coach of the Duke mens basketball team. Editors note: The following story was published Jan. 20, 2006, in the Peoria Journal Star. "Picking the best player ever in this state? Duke announced in June 2021 that then-associate head coach and former Blue Devils guard Jon Scheyer would replace legendary head coach Mike Krzyzewski after the 2022 season, following Coach K's 42-year run in Durham. 6 Blue Devils", "Duke Blue Devils Basketball Statistical Database", "Sherron Collins Named Wooden Award All-American", "Scheyer, Singler & Smith Earn All-ACC Honors", "Accolades Pour in for Scheyer, Singler and Smith", "Fortunate: Scheyer's parents get to go to games", "Soph's super, and he keeps getting better", "Jon Scheyer is patiently awaiting an opportunity to get back into pro basketball", "First Team Gym rats raise game Countless hours of extra practice pay off for Scheyer, Beverley", "Mr. Basketball of Illinois Scheyer born to be the best Tireless competitive spirit carried standout through 4 successful years at Glenbrook N.", "The fun has just begun for Duke's Scheyer", "Coach K's future player has incredible run; Scheyer scores 21 points in 75 seconds, but No. Duke biggest winner in latest D1Baseball rankings. They booed me when I went onto center ice.. [98][99][100] He had turned down several offers from overseas,[98] and offers from other D-League teams. The Wildcats coach said that when Duke was recruiting Scheyer, he and Mike Krzyzewski were at a game a game that is now well-known where Scheyer scored 21 points in a span of 75 seconds . If not on the court, Scheyer is humble in receiving his coach's praise. Soon, it became apparent that he would be the one. Collins, also Mr. Basketball of Illinois (1992) at Glenbrook North, was instrumental as a Duke assistant coach in recruiting Scheyer to Durham. The move was recommended so that he would have a greater chance of success. Nationality American / Israeli Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg) Career information High school Glenbrook North (Northbrook, Illinois) Hes the next guy in line there and it should happen that way. Shot clocks: Shot clocks are now allowed in high school basketball. Marty Simmons, Lawrenceville: State's fifth all-time leading scorer (2,986) led team to the state finals from 1980-83, winning titles his last two seasons. [46] Krzyzewski said after the season: "He's a great competitor. You've got to win. [131], National champion "[51] And: "Some of the plays he makesyou might not think he's that fast, but he has great body control. It seems Scheyer holds a special spot in the old coach's heart. The 2005 Glenbrook North team that won state featured an all-Jewish starting lineup. Bruce Douglas, Quincy: A 6-foot-3 guard who scored 182 in three state tournaments, he sparked the Blue Devils to 64 straight wins and 1981 title. Converts three-point play. [23] He tied for second on the team with 39 steals, and averaged 12.2 points per game (third-best on the team). Jon Scheyer enrolled at Glenbrook North High School, where he once scored 21 points in a game's final 75 seconds of play in an attempt to spark a comeback. 26 -- TOTAL NBA DRAFT PICKS COACHED (TWO OVERALL NO. Scheyer, who enters his second season as head coach in 2023-24, has vast experience on the Duke bench, having served on Krzyzewskis staff since the 2013-14 season. Scheyer was so upset by the Proviso West loss, which ended a 35-game Spartans winning streak, that he barely slept Wednesday night. [126] Following the departure of associate head coach Jeff Capel to become the head coach at the University of Pittsburgh at the end of the 2018 season, Scheyer was promoted to co-associate head coach along with Nate James. The emphasis Nikcevich put on that last word is about as good a compliment as Scheyer will get. [14] He received a scholarship offer from Marquette University's Tom Crean as an eighth-grader. Its a natural progression, so Im excited about that. He went on to play for Bob Knight at Army. I think my whole body went into shock, Scheyer told Sporting News. As a freshman in 2006-07, the Blue Devils were upset by VCU in the first round, the first time in 11 years they failed to win an NCAA tournament game. Fans of both teams cheered and applauded Scheyer for putting on a basketball show unlike many had ever seen. [28] His father encouraged him to join him and go home, but as his coach recalled "Jon looked at him and said, 'No. Looking peaked, he played about nine minutes and seemed more interested in feeding the red-hot Stamas, who finished with a single-game tournament-record 10 three-pointers and 34 points, than he did in boosting his own numbers. 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More: Coach K says retirement was family decision years in the making. More Jon Scheyer pages at Sports Reference, More Jon Scheyer Basketball Reference pages, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Monday, May 1, 7:34PM. In the Class AA quarterfinals, the defending champion Spartans lost to eventual state champ Simeon, led by junior point guard Derrick Rose. Scheyer and Glenbrook North were the biggest story in Chicago sports during the winter of 2005-06. Weber has been quoted calling Scheyer the best player in Illinois high school basketball history. And indeed, previous attempts to replace legends have gotten zero-star reviews. I think hes going to do a great job. [92][101][102] In 24 regular and post-season games, he averaged 13.1 points, 4.0 assists, and 4.0 rebounds as the team finished the season as runner-up in the championship. Isiah Thomas, Westchester St. Joseph: Usually among the first mentioned when asked about the greatest player from Illinois. He didn't come to Duke and just turn into a great player overnight. . Or, view "Trailers" for Season Field Goal . And yet, there's so much more . "The records are special to me because of how great the tournament is. [112] Scheyer played in five games in the summer league, averaging 5.8 points and 1.4 assists per game. In your first head-coaching job at any level. But Northbrook native Jon Scheyer who was announced Wednesday as Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski's successor after Coach K is set. [23] On December 20, 2007, he grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds against Pittsburgh. He suffered a serious, life-changing right eye injury. [23] On February 19, Scheyer was moved from shooting guard, where he had played 91 games, to point guard; there he played well for the last 9 games of the season and into the post-season. The father of one of the teens said his daughter had died. This is the guy who scored 21 points in 75 seconds at the Proviso West Tournament in 2005. Go see him. Tops off night with 25-foot 3-pointer from the left wing at :09.1. eight made) after going 9-for-9 against West Virginia in 2008. His remarkable 21-points-in-75-seconds outburst in the 2005 Proviso West holiday tournament remains a You Tube classic. Some will argue, especially with the talent-filled list below. Former Duke All-American and two-time team captain Jon Scheyer was named the 20th head coach in Duke University's storied basketball history on June 4, 2021. Jon Scheyer would take the shirt off his back to win a game. He is just the fourth major conference coach all-time to win 27 or more games at age 50 or younger in a debut season and the first to do so at 35 or younger. In 41 years as the head coach at Duke, Krzyzewski has won five national championships, reached 12 Final Fours and coached the U.S. Olympic team to gold medals in 2008, 2012 and 2016. Yet still they stood. [90][91][92], Sidelined initially with an eye patch and incapacitating headaches, he ultimately returned to the court wearing protective goggles to protect his eyes. That decision actually helped prepare him for his role on college basketballs most loathed team. All rights reserved, The All 22 - An Inside Look at Duke Football. I remember being a kid in the suburbs of Chicago in high school and not believing the headline of 21 points in 75 seconds, which your guys don't even really know about. But Northbrook native Jon Scheyer who was announced Wednesday as Duke coach Mike Krzyzewskis successor after Coach K is set to retire following the 2021-22 season is no stranger to the spotlight. He has two state trips a fourth place as a freshman and title as a junior. [59] He became the second player to win an Illinois high school state championship and an NCAA Division I championship, the other having been Quinn Buckner, who won state titles at Thornridge High School in 1971 and 1972, and then was a champion with Indiana in 1976. Jon Scheyer is a rarity among college head coaches. One of them just happened to be Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. Im a believer. These schools have won the most NCAA men's basketball national championships. Part of why there is so much parity in college basketball is coaching. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. : Duke Assistant Coach Jon Scheyer has.. . The South Carolina transfer played one year in Illinois, losing to Thornton in the 1995 quarters. [23], In the 200607 season he started all 33 Blue Devils games as a freshman,[35] and scored a season-high 26 points in a loss to North Carolina on February 7, 2007. Scheyer is the fourth-leading scorer in Illinois history with 3,034 points, and he is the only player in state history to finish his career ranked in the all-time top 10 in points (4th), rebounds, assists (6th), and steals (7th). He was a consensus second-team All-American and a first-team All-ACC pick in his final season after starting all 40 contests and scoring in double figures in all but two games on the year. His college and pro careers overshadow prep game. I love to play. He attempted 706 free throws in his career compared to 1,442 field goal attempts, which means he posted a career free-throw rate of nearly 49 percent. Jonathan James Scheyer (/a.r/, born August 24, 1987) is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach for the Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). He knows what to do, how to do it and when to do it. Yes. I left a legacy here, but my goal was to win here, and we didn't. Collins, Wojciechowski and Jeff Capel were all seen as possible heir apparents to Coach K at one time or another, but its the younger Scheyer who wound up getting the call. Jon Scheyer is an outstanding young coach. I blocked out whatever happened before and played with my heart," Scheyer said after an 85-79 Dec. 28, 2005, loss to Proviso West, in the process topping numerous records at the prestigious Hillside tournament. . He was a prolific high school scorer, and later an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) leader in numerous statistical categories, including free-throw percentage, three-point shots/game, and assists/turnover ratio. Here are five things to know about Scheyer, whom Krzyzewski called a rising star in our profession.. Those accomplishments were easy. That's how it is with the great ones. Hes won championships as a high school player, a college player and a college assistant coach. To be an all-time great, it seems to me, you must be a totally dominant player during your era. Here's everything you need to know about the college career of Duke's new head coach. Division regular season champion [13] As a youth, he played in a league called the Fellowship of Afro-American Men (FAAM), in Evanston, Illinois. [23] He had a team-best 2.24:1 assist-to-turnover ratio, averaged the third-most minutes-per-game on the team (28.3), was fourth in scoring (11.7), and was widely hailed as one of the country's top sixth men. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warns lawmakers that if they do not vote to raise or suspend the nations borrowing authority it could cause a global financial crisis. Are they headed for Illinois? Coming out of high school from the Chicago suburbs, Scheyer was a McDonald's and Parade All-American as a senior at Glenbrook North High School in 2006. We Reminisce: Jon Scheyer Scores 21 Points In 75 Seconds, The Best Coachella 2023 Performances Were Reflections Of Pure Joy, My (Non-Anonymous) Ballot For The 2023 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, HBOs White House Plumbers Delivers An Absurd Historical Snapshot And A Knockout Performance From Justin Theroux, The Rundown: Ted Lasso Has Created A Delightful Little I Think You Should Leave Conundrum, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. He's like a sponge. [92][93], In June 2011, Scheyer signed a two-year contract worth a reported $450,000 with Euroleague contender Maccabi Tel Aviv, the European league's 2011 runner-up and five-time champion. Central was 62-3 in his two seasons there. This is a story about Scheyer. These are accolades. If he maintains his 33.5 points-per-game average and GBN plays late into the final Saturday of the season, he'd finish with 3,240 second on the all-time list. He was also named to the century-list, the "100 Legends of Illinois Basketball (19082007)". [98] On March 14, he had a D-League career-high 21 points and 7 assists against Sioux Falls Skyforce, the next night he broke those personal records with 24 points and 8 assists, and four nights later he scored a new career-high 27 points which included five three-pointers. With weight of the past and present upon him, only the future holds the answer. He ranked in the top 40 as a junior, too. Centralia's Dike Eddleman. He showed that repeatedly as a member of our staff the past eight seasons. We republish it here after the June 2021 news that Illinois native Jon Scheyer was named head coach of the Duke mens basketball team. I know thats a big statement. Following his graduation from Duke in 2010, Scheyer played professionally with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in the NBA D League and overseas with Maccabi Tel Aviv and Gran Canaria. Northbrook Glenbrook North senior Jon Scheyer scored 21 in a 1:15 span of the fourth quarter of an 85-79 loss to the hosts on Dec. 28, 2005, at the Proviso West Holiday Tournament. 2 -- NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (2010, 2015) I didnt have a lot of fun, Gene Bartow, who lasted two years as John Woodens replacement at UCLA, said of his Bruins stint in 1998, even though he went 52-9 and took one of those teams to the Final Four. He was the 4th-leading scorer in Illinois high school history and led the school's team to a state championship in 2005. He scored at least 20 points 32 times in 141 career games, including 20 points, along with five rebounds and four assists, against Baylor in the Elite Eight of the 2010 NCAA tournament, and 23 points and six assists in a win over West Virginia in the Final Four. His teams won 58 straight over a two-year stretch. It seems like a safe pick. There is no one who is so complete.. [38] He scored 27 points at Miami on February 20, 2008, matching the most points by a player off the bench in Duke history. [20] He had 38 double-figure scoring games in the single season (tied for 3rd-most in Duke history with Elton Brand), 110 3-point field goals (the 6th-highest Duke season total; behind Trajan Langdon), 194 free throws (10th in Duke history, behind J. J. Redick), and was the 9th player in Duke history to score over 100 points for four seasons. He's the state's It player. He finished with 52 in that game, averaged 32 as a senior and took Glenbrook North back downstate. He shot 11-of-13 and hit a career-best seven 3-pointers while grabbing eight rebounds and getting nine assists. 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[23][39] His free throw percentage (.889) was 2nd in the ACC for the season, 12th in the nation, and 5th-best in school history. As a player, Scheyer was one of the most versatile and reliable Blue Devils all-time, concluding his career as the only player in school history to record at least 2,000 points, 500 rebounds, 400 assists, 250 three-point field goals and 200 steals.
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