12 Duke Blue Devils

Seth Davis

November 23, 2009

Last February, as Duke was in the midst of a dismal stretch in which it dropped four of six games, associate head coach Chris Collins called guard Jon Scheyer into his office and administered some tough love. "He didn't think I was playing with an edge," says Scheyer, now a senior. "It was hard to hear, but he was right." The pep talk provided a jolt, but what truly electrified Scheyer was the decision by coach Mike Krzyzewski to move him from shooting guard to point guard following a loss at Boston College on Feb. 15. After the switch Scheyer averaged 18.6 points, 2.4 assists and 1.8 steals over the Blue Devils' final 12 games and was named MVP of the ACC tournament. "Jon was in a rut," Collins says. "The move allowed him to wipe the slate clean."