The No. 1-ranked Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball team is set to face fellow blue blood Duke in the 2024 Las Vegas Showdown on Tuesday night. KU defeated UNC Wilmington on Tuesday, while the Blue Devils defeated Arizona on Friday. KU has a 6-8 record vs. Duke in the all-time series.

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.

KenPom, the gold standard college basketball analytical site, rates Duke as a four-point favorite in this neutral-court matchup. It also has Duke ranked fourth and Kansas at No. 9. It could be wise, though, to go against the grain in this one as money begins to come in on Kansas as we get closer to game time.