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.

No. 1 Kansas outlasted No. 11 Duke, 75-72, on Tuesday night despite playing the final 10 minutes, 26 seconds of the game without it’s best player after all-American Hunter Dickinson was ejected. The 7-2 Dickinson was kicked out of the game after kicking ...

No. 1 Kansas jumped out of the gates early, then overcame a second-half ejection of All-America center Hunter Dickinson Tuesday for a tense 75-72 win over 11th-ranked Duke Tuesday night. The Jayhawks secured the high-profile win in Las Vegas while limiting Duke's Cooper Flagg to 13 points and forcing the freshman phenom into four turnovers.

Adams’ jumper is a complete work in progress and often a last resort for the Kansas offense. For that, Duke’s defense did an excellent job of making sure the ball ended up in Adams’ hands ... only he made them pay. Adams finished with eight points ...