Leaving the comforts of Northbrook, Illinois, to play in a high-level middle-school league in another Chicago suburb didn’t reveal Jon Scheyer’s courage and versatility. It honed them. And set the tone for the rest of his life.

The camera sneaked up behind Jon Scheyer as he started the long walk into the Alamodome's cavernous center, a route that crossed a sea of black carpet and eventually required stairs onto college basketball's grand stage.

The Miami Heat have another Final Four connection besides Jaime Jaquez's sister, Gabriela, playing for UCLA. On the men's side, the Duke Blue Devils are led by