Duke Lands Belmont's Scharnowski, Eyes UConn's Blackwell

0:00On April 20, Duke Blue Devils rolled deep into the Elite 8 as the East region's number one seed, but UConn's number two squad shut him down. Still, it was a banner year with 35 wins and just 3 losses, plus sweeping the ACC regular season and tournament crowns. Now in the offseason, coach John Scheyer's crew landed Belmont forward, Drew Scharnowski through the transfer portal. That's their loan commit so far, but they're hunting more vets to mix with, top freshman. Scheyer's shift to grabbing older talent has folks buzzing, especially with projections pointing to Wisconsin guard John Blackwell, jumping shift two. Durham. Blackwell balled out as a junior, dropping 19.1 points, grabbing 5.1 rebounds, and dishing 2.3 assists per game. Across 34 starts. He shot 43% from the field, and nearly 39 from deep, earning third team all big 10 nods. One three ranks him as the number two shooting guard, and top five portal prize overall,

1:02though Illinois, Alabama, Arizona, Louisville, and UCLA are circling. Landing him with plug holes from departures to UConn and Indiana, supercharging Duke's Reload for next season.