Tyrese Proctor had to "battle through adversity" in his first two years with Duke basketball. Here's why he stuck with Jon Scheyer and the Blue Devils.

Having made 19 of 30 3-pointers over his past three games, Tyrese Proctor’s shooting is a big reason No. 1 Duke is rolling through the NCAA Tournament.

It wasn't that long ago that Tyrese Proctor was struggling to make much of anything outside the arc. Shot after shot clanged away in a befuddling stretch of misses spanning nearly a month of the stretch run for Duke's national-title contender. Now he can't miss.

Duke’s stream of NBA-ready standouts used smothering defense and other options on offense to paper over Cooper Flagg’s rough shooting night and lift the Blue Devils to the program’s 18th Final Four with an 85-65 victory over Alabama.

Things haven't always worked out exactly as planned for Tyrese Proctor, but the Duke guard isn't the type of person to jump ship when the waters get rough. But after yet another stellar performance in the 2025 NCAA Tournament,

Proctor is a tall combo guard with great passing vision that was expected to go one-and-done, but has taken until his junior year to look ready for the NBA.

On Saturday night, the Duke Blue Devils played Alabama in the Elite 8. Duke won by a score of 85-65 to advance to the Final Four. Cooper Flagg finished with 1

The Blue Devils wanted to get to the Final Four for the first time since Mike Krzyzewski retired, the first Final Four of the new Duke era. "That was our main focus all year," Tyrese Proctor told ESPN earlier this week.