Kansas Jayhawks vs. Duke Blue Devils: Probable starters, time, TV info

THE DETAILS

When: appx. 8:30 p.m. Central, Tuesday (Kentucky meets Michigan State in the first game, starting at 6 p.m. Central.)

Where: Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis.

TV: ESPN.

Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; KFH (1240 AM, 97.5 FM) in Wichita

PROBABLE STARTERS

About No. 7 Duke (2-0):

The Blue Devils, led by first-year coach Jon Scheyer, were picked to finish second to North Carolina in the 15-team ACC preseason poll. Scheyer, 35, is the youngest head basketball coach at a power five institution. … Duke’s Jeremy Roach was named first-team preseason all-league. Dereck Lively was named to the second team. …

Duke is 2-0 after beating Jacksonville (71-44) and USC Upstate (84-38). Duke has allowed 82 points, its fewest allowed through the first two games of a season since 1946-47, when the Blue Devils beat High Point 44-29 and Hanes Hosiery 44-43. The 2005-06 Duke team allowed 87 points through the first two games – beating Boston University 64-47 and Seton Hall 93-40. Since allowing 26 points to Jacksonville in the first half of the season opener, the Blue Devils have allowed 18, 18 and 20 points over the last three halves. …

Duke has won four of its last five games in the Champions Classic and is 7-4 overall. … Voted team captain for 2022-23, junior guard Jeremy Roach is the only returning starter from Duke’s 2022 Final Four team. Duke has 11 newcomers on the 2022-23 roster. … Freshman guard Tyrese Proctor, who is from Australia, reclassified from the Class of 2023 to ’22 in June. … Senior forward Ryan Young is a graduate transfer from Northwestern. … Kansas City native Mark Mitchell was a teammate of KU freshman Gradey Dick last year at Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kansas. …

Freshman Kyle Filipowski has two straight double-doubles. He and Marvin Bagley in 2017-18 are the only two Duke freshmen to open a career with consecutive double-doubles. No Duke player has opened with three double-doubles. Filipowski played basketball, baseball and water polo at Wilbraham and Monson Academy in Massachusetts. …

KU redshirt freshman Kyle Cuffe Jr. and Duke sophomore Jaylen Blakes were teammates at Blair Academy in New Jersey. Cuffe is sidelined for 10-12 weeks with a knee injury. … Duke has won five national championships (1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015), all directed by Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski.

About No. 6 Kansas (2-0):

The Champions Classic field has three of the top-five all-time wins leaders with No. 1 Kansas (2,359), No. 2 Kentucky (2,355) and No. 4 Duke (2,248). Michigan State is No. 23 in all-time wins at 1,791. … KU is 5-8 vs. Duke all-time and 2-1 vs. the Blue Devils in the Champions Classic. Overall the Jayhawks are 6-5 in the Classic with 2-2 records against both Michigan State and Kentucky. KU has won two in a row and five of the last six at the event, falling to Duke, 68-66, on Nov. 5, 2019 for its last loss at the Classic. …

Overall KU has won three of its last four games and four of its last six against Duke. The last five meetings have come with each team in the AP top 10 and the last three have been decided by a total of eight points, including KU’s 85-81 win in overtime in the 2018 Elite Eight in Omaha. …

KU (Gradey Dick, MJ Rice, Ernest Udeh) and Duke (Mark Mitchell, Dereck Lively, Dariq Whitehead) each had three players in the 2022 McDonald’s All-American Game. …

KU had 22 assists on its 35 made baskets in Thursday’s 82-59 win over North Dakota State.. … Point guard Dajuan Harris had two blocked shots vs. North Dakota State. He has 17 career blocks. … Having won its final 11 games en route to the NCAA Championship, Kansas has the longest win streak in NCAA Division I at 13 games. Xavier (7) is next, followed by Bellamine (4). It is the 17th time in the Bill Self era KU has amassed a win streak of 10 or more games.