When Duke coach Jon Scheyer was unofficially handed the keys to the program by Mike Krzyzewski following his retirement announcement in 2021, the now 37-year-old former Blue Devils player got to work.

Dola Adebayo and Jedy Cordilla each scored 22 points as Mount St. Mary’s defeated American University 83-72 in an NCAA Tournament matchup of No. 16 seeds at the First Four in Dayton.

Madness selection committee may have installed the Auburn Tigers as the No. 1 overall seed, but oddsmakers have the Duke Blue Devils favored to cut down the nets — even with Cooper Flagg’s injury status up in the air after hurting his ankle last week in the ACC tournament.