Getting Caleb Foster back for the Sweet 16 never even seemed on the table initially.
After the veteran Duke point guard suffered a fractured foot during the regular-season finale against North Carolina, it appeared his season was most likely over. Before the start of the NCAA Tournament, Jon Scheyer pointed toward the Final Four as the optimistic date of a potential return.
But Foster’s desire to return and play next to his brothers has trumped any and all optimism. After initially declaring that Foster had “an outside chance” of a return against St. John’s on Friday, Scheyer’s latest update on Thursday points to Foster actually giving it a go…