MBB: Duke vs Kansas in NYC (Tuesday 11/18, 9pm ET, ESPN) Pregame & In-Game Thread

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The Duke Blue Devils (4-0) take part in the annual State Farm Champions Classic, back at Madison Square Garden in New York City this year. They will face the Kansas Jayhawks (2-1) in the second game of a doubleheader to watch or stream on ESPN: Michigan State-Kentucky tips off at 6:30pm ET, followed by Kansas-Duke at around 9pm ET (streaming link, listen, live stats). Dan Shulman (Western Ontario grad; bio), Jay Bilas (Duke basketball; bio), and Kris Budden (Missouri grad; bio) will announce both games.

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#24 Kansas vs. #5 Duke 11/18/25 - Stream the Game Live - Watch ESPN

Stream the NCAA Men's Basketball Game #24 Kansas vs. #5 Duke live from ESPN on Watch ESPN. Live stream on Tuesday, November 18, 2025.
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Discuss Kansas-Duke here. I'll have more to say later this weekend -- probably Sunday -- but I thought I would start this thread now, for those of you who are ready to talk about it.
 
Barring practice injuries, we should be at full strength. We will need to start well and continue for 40 minutes. Our strength lies in our defense and we don't have a lot of weaknesses. Maybe FT shooting and lapses into sloppy play at times. I look forward to the game and hope Peterson plays so we can really be tested.
 
This is a very winnable game against a pedestrian looking Jayhawks squad who is clinging to a spot in the Top 25 and possibly without their top freshman.

Kansas is ranked #25 in KenPom, #25 in the AP Poll, #24 in the Coaches Poll.

The BDevs are #1 in KenPom this morning.
 
pokeresq said:
It appears the Kansas super frosh is uncertain for the game. Sounds as if they truly do not know if he will play Tuesday.

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Kansas' Darryn Peterson out with lingering hamstring issue

Darryn Peterson will miss another game for No. 25 Kansas this weekend because of a lingering hamstring issue, Bill Self said Friday, though the Jayhawks coach added "we don't think it's a long-term deal at all."
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If he doesn't play, I will be extremely disappointed. I want to beat them for the first time in 6 years and I don't want them to have any excuses. Plus, he's awesome, I want to see him play.
 
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This is a very winnable game against a pedestrian looking Jayhawks squad who is clinging to a spot in the Top 25 and possibly without their top freshman.

Kansas is ranked #25 in KenPom, #25 in the AP Poll, #24 in the Coaches Poll.

The BDevs are #1 in KenPom this morning.
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KU is far from pedestrian.
And there's zero chance Peterson doesn't play, and play well.
 
diveonthefloor said:
KU is far from pedestrian.
And there's zero chance Peterson doesn't play, and play well.
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Some teams who have a better offense than Kansas, according to Kenpom: Boise State, Ole Miss, Colorado State, Utah State, Kansas State.

If Peterson is not 100%, there is a legitimate chance the #1 pick in next year's NBA Draft will be on the bench. If he has a "camp", I doubt they want him playing hurt in an early season game, Duke or not.
 
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If he doesn't play, I will be extremely disappointed. I want to beat them for the first time in 6 years and I don't want them to have any excuses. Plus, he's awesome, I want to see him play.
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It seems most of our early season losses to Kansas were because we had at least one key freshman injured. Last year it was only Pat so not quite as big. But I remember the year Tatum and Giles were out and we still almost won. We owe them!
 
i watched the 1st few minutes of the 2nd half of KU vs Princeton, and from what i saw (down a star rookie) was an unimpressive team. They pushed the lead to 10 and then Princeton clawed back to 1 and hovered within 4 for several minutes, until KU began executing on both O and D, and had pushed it back out to 10 by the time i stopped watching. Within that approximately 10 minutes, Princeton benefited from KU being unable to shoot the 3 until a TO was called and KU immediately hit 2 3s to start stretching the lead. Princeton was done in by being literally unable to dribble the ball, picking up 1 turn by just dribbling it off his own leg, and another play that just turned into desperate almost turnover after almost turnover bumble passing.
I'm not saying KU was bad, just that i think Duke will be able to execute.
 
DukieInBrasil said:
i watched the 1st few minutes of the 2nd half of KU vs Princeton, and from what i saw (down a star rookie) was an unimpressive team. They pushed the lead to 10 and then Princeton clawed back to 1 and hovered within 4 for several minutes, until KU began executing on both O and D, and had pushed it back out to 10 by the time i stopped watching. Within that approximately 10 minutes, Princeton benefited from KU being unable to shoot the 3 until a TO was called and KU immediately hit 2 3s to start stretching the lead. Princeton was done in by being literally unable to dribble the ball, picking up 1 turn by just dribbling it off his own leg, and another play that just turned into desperate almost turnover after almost turnover bumble passing.
I'm not saying KU was bad, just that i think Duke will be able to execute.
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And you're not calling Kansas pedestrian, are you? ;)
 
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