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.

It came down to the wire, but experience showed in the closing minutes of Duke basketball's loss to Kansas in Las Vegas.

There's rarely shame in losing to the top-ranked team in the country, especially when that loss comes by three points at a neutral site, but Duke basketball fans probably feel like the Blue Devils let one get away from them on Tuesday night in Las Vegas.

The Blue Devils and Jayhawks meet at Madison Square Garden in New York City as part of the State Farm Champions Classic on Tuesday.

Norfolk State and UC Davis have shown up to the game, but their offenses sure haven't. Sitting on a score of 34-33, Norfolk State has looked like the better team, but there's still one more half to play.