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.

Fresh off a dominant showing against Arizona, Flagg and the Blue Devils prep for perennial power Kansas as another big week looms.

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.

For the second time in as many games, the Blue Devils are taking on a ranked opponent. The Chronicle's beats are here to share their predictions for No. 11 Duke's matchup with No. 1 Kansas.

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.

No. 1 Kansas will meet No. 11 Duke in Las Vegas on Tuesday in one of the top nonconference matchups of the 2024-25 college basketball season. Kansas has won four of the last five matchups against Duke and leads the all-time series 8-5.