Kansas with a solid lead but Duke is chipping away.

Kansas 24
Duke 13
11:40 1st half

Kansas managed to get back to a 12 point lead… for awhile.

Kansas 28
Duke 20
6:28

Now 30-20

Lots of focus on Hunter Dickinson & Cooper Flagg
No surprise there

Kansas 32
Duke 30
3:55

It's getting interesting!

Kansas turnover leads to Dudley book and they are tied…
Only for a moment

Kansas 37
Duke 32
2:23

Hunter hot away with a hook & hold
I know, everyone is shocked

Kansas with 41-39 lead at halftime

Meanwhile in the other channel, Houston has retaken the lead vs Bama and LJ Cryer just made a big bucket.

Houston 71
Alabama 67
3:25

Kansas with a 48-42 lead over Duke

Cryer is the leader Houston needs
Cryer made 13 points in last 9 minutes
He has 30 points in the game

Bama 84
Houston 80
1:51 OT

Houston not playing good in OT. Only 2 points, sloppy, missed shots. Couldn't do much. Bama scored 7 points and had great defense, especially in OT

Final:
Houston 80
Bama 85

Kansas & Duke are tied at 61 with less than 9 minutes

Dickinson was ejected earlier with his foot contacting a player's head while both were on the floor. Replay looked pretty Flagrant 2 to me. Must have happened while I was watching Houston game.

Kansas 65
Duke 64
7:40

Cooper Flagg had a great dunk from the lob.

The one game I always want to watch KU play is any time they play Duke. It's the one game a year KU doesn't get all the officials calls.

Flagg is gonna be one of the annual most hated Duke players but I will say this for him. He looks vastly advanced as a player right now than any of the other Top 10 freshmen like VJ, Tre, the BYU guy, Boogie, Liam and both Dylan and Ace. They may catch him later but he is miles ahead today with all around basketball skills on both offense and defense.

Final:
Kansas 75
Duke 72

I still appreciate that in college basketball, unlike football, we can get all these great early season matchups every year.