{"id":37851,"date":"2025-11-06T09:21:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T09:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/37851\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T09:21:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T09:21:19","slug":"college-basketball-rankings-cameron-boozer-starts-slow-catches-fire-late-in-debut-to-lead-duke-over-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/37851\/","title":{"rendered":"College basketball rankings: Cameron Boozer starts slow, catches fire late in debut to lead Duke over Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arizona forward Koa Peat was incredible Monday, getting 30 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three steals in a season-opening win over Florida. On the same night, Kansas guard Darryn Peterson scored 21 points in a blowout of Green Bay. BYU wing AJ Dybantsa also got 21 in a victory over Villanova.<\/p>\n

So, yeah, this heralded freshman class got off to a\u00a0great\u00a0start. And, on Tuesday, all eyes turned to Duke forward Cameron Boozer, the two-time Gatorade National Player of the Year who was making his college-debut against Texas in the Dick Vitale Invitational in Charlotte.<\/p>\n

Believe it or not, Boozer missed his first seven shots.<\/p>\n

Seven!<\/p>\n

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Tracking college basketball freshman debuts: Cameron Boozer, AJ Dybantsa impress, Koa Peat explodes<\/p>\n

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He missed multiple 3-pointers. He missed multiple shots at the rim. His zero-point performance in the opening 20 minutes had Duke behind at halftime. But, and this is a testament to his overwhelming talent, Boozer still finished with 15 points, 13 rebounds, three steals, two assists and one block in 36 minutes of the Blue Devils’ 75-60 win over Texas that doubled as fourth-year coach Jon Scheyer’s 90th career victory.<\/p>\n

“It was obviously a tough first half; I think my teammates did a great job picking me up,” Boozer said afterward. Scheyer challenged me at halftime, said that I played soft in the first half, which, you know, was true. It was true. Second half, like you said, had to change my mentality. Teammates did a great job finding me. We were the tougher team in the second half as a unit.”<\/p>\n

Duke is still No. 10 in Wednesday morning’s updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings, where St. John’s remains No. 1. Texas, 24th in Tuesday’s Top 25 And 1, is now out after losing by 15 — and because the Longhorns are down to 38th at BartTorvik.com<\/a>, and down to 45th at KenPom.com<\/a>, after shooting just 32.2% from the field against the Blue Devils.<\/p>\n

Texas has been replaced in the Top 25 And 1 by Ole Miss, which is 1-0 following Monday’s season-opening win over Southeastern Louisiana. The Rebels will return to the court Friday to play Louisiana Monroe.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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