And yet, so much has changed since Duke’s run to its last national title in 2015 or its most recent Final Four three years ago. Krzyzewski is gone, retired in 2022 after winning 1,202 games to set a men’s college basketball record along with winning five titles and reaching 13 Final Fours.

Third-year Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer, who won a national championship as a Blue Devil guard in 2010 and as an assistant in 2015, is now gearing up for his first Final Four at the helm. He enters the weekend boasting an impressive 89-21 overall record as the program's leader, including a 35-3 mark this season.

Cooper Flagg and his Duke men’s basketball team will compete against Houston in the Final Four in San Antonio, hoping to get one step closer to the Blue Devils’ sixth national championship in program history.

Cooper Flagg and his Duke teammates were days away from clinching a spot in the Final Four, and the Blue Devils' freshman star was planning ahead. It wasn't about anything on the court, though. It was to be ready the next time teammates Khaman Maluach and Patrick Ngongba broke out water guns at the cold tubs.

Cooper Flagg of Duke was named the Associated Press men's college basketball Player of the Year on Friday, becoming just the fourth freshman to earn the award. Flagg garnered 41 votes and Johni Broome of Auburn earned 21 in the polling of a national media panel.