It has taken Jon Scheyer just three years to take Duke men’s basketball to the Final Four.

But it has been a long season, and the road to the Final Four did not start with the Elite Eight or even the Round of 64. It started by almost doubling Lincoln’s score in the preseason. It started with beating Maine. Then, losses to Kentucky and Kansas followed by a 16-game win streak. A nail-biting heartbreaker against Clemson was the lone conference blemish. It featured the Cameron Crazies, the NBA Global Academy, student managers, Sion James’ leadership, Caleb Foster’s reinvention and Scheyer recruiting a teenage Cooper Flagg.

One way or another, the season will end in San Antonio. But before the Blue Devils vie for their sixth national championship, take a walk through their already historic season. See where this all started.

• Cooper Flagg and Toby Fournier are two of Duke's best freshmen ever. How have they grown throughout the season?
• Crunching the numbers on Khaman Maluach's postseason development for Duke men's basketball

• New ACC Network documentary spotlights Duke basketball’s back-to-back national titles
• Duke's Cooper Flagg unanimously named to AP All-America first team
• No. 1 Duke men's basketball earns numerous ACC accolades, Flagg wins Player of the Year
• An early look at 'CB: Power to the Player,' a new documentary on Blue Devil basketball pioneer CB Claiborne

• Duke men's basketball opponent preview: No. 1-seed Houston
• Scouting the opponent: Houston's aggressive defense, 3-point shooting combine for Duke's toughest test yet