The No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks had been capable of deal with enterprise on Tuesday even with out their greatest participant down the stretch.
Hunter Dickinson was ejected late within the second half towards No. 11 Duke after he was assessed a flagrant two foul for showing to kick Maliq Brown.
Dickinson needed to depart the courtroom space after the officers confirmed the foul by way of replay.
He completed his evening prematurely with simply 11 factors, six rebounds and three assists. Dickinson was averaging 17.8 points getting into the competition.
Kansas survived a second half surge by Duke and escaped its match on the Terry’s Chocolate Vegas Showdown, 75-72.
The Blue Devils turned the ball over on consecutive possessions inside the ultimate minute of regulation, committing 16 total turnovers Tuesday.
Duke truly outshot Kansas, changing 51.1% of its photographs from the sphere in comparison with 49.1% for the Jayhawks.
However it was on the free throw line the place Kansas received this battle, hitting 11 of 12 photographs from the charity stripe.
Duke falls to 4-2 on the season and can face Seattle (2-3) within the comfort recreation on Nov. 29.
Kansas stays undefeated (6-0) and can face Furman (6-0) on Nov. 30.