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.

Potential NBA first-overall pick Cooper Flagg finished the loss with 13 points, five rebounds, three assists and one steal while shooting 5/9 from the field and 1/1 from the three-point range. Many people reacted to his performance.

No. 1 Kansas will face No. 11 Duke in Las Vegas on Tuesday in one of the marquee nonconference games of the 2024-25 college basketball season. Kansas has won four of the last five matchups against Duke and leads the all-time series 6-8.