Duke basketball didn't learn enough from its first loss of the season, leading to similar last-minute errors in falling to Kansas.

For the second time this young season, No. 11 Duke fell to a ranked opponent after squandering scoring chances late in the fourth quarter, losing to No. 1 Kansas in Las Vegas.

There's rarely shame in losing to the top-ranked team in the country, especially when that loss comes by three points at a neutral site, but Duke basketball fans probably feel like the Blue Devils let one get away from them on Tuesday night in Las Vegas.

On that play, Flagg drove to the basket on big man Hunter Dickinson. Adams arrived to help and swatted Flagg’s shot. He tried to recover the ball but knocked it out of bounds. On the next Duke possession, Adams stopped a three-on-one fast break by swatting Kon Knueppel’s shot at the rim.

Flagg has been tested during the first weeks of his college career, and the 17-year-old phenom still looks like the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA draft.

Kansas men’s basketball will enter Tuesday’s Vegas Showdown against Duke with a healthy dose of respect for freshman sensation Cooper Flagg, a 2024-25 AP preseason All-American regarded as a strong favorite to be the No.

Kansas star Hunter Dickinson was ejected in the second half of the No. 1 Jayhawks' 75-72 win against No. 11 Duke on Tuesday night after cameras caught him kicking Maliq Brown in the face while the two were on the floor.

Duke’s Maliq Brown was initially called for a foul for undercutting Kansas center Hunter Dickinson, but after a lengthy review, the Jawhawks’ senior was shown the door. Here’s what we know.