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.

Duke basketball sensation Cooper Flagg earned some big-game redemption when he scored 24 points in a road win against Arizona last Friday, but he still had plenty to prove entering Tuesday’s collision with No.

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.

After each Duke men's basketball game this season, check back here for the Player of the Game and more. Duke lost a close one to Kansas in the Vegas Showdown Tuesday, and the Blue Zone is here to break down the game.

On Tuesday night, the No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks pulled off a dramatic 73-72 victory over No. 11 Duke, and it was a game that taught us a lot about this team. Here’s what stood out.