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Duke's player-development wins are real floor-raisers:

- Pat Ngongba looks way more athletic and can shoot 3s now.
- Dame Sarr's handle is way better, and he's more assertive
- Sebastian Wilkins has grown into a real rotation piece. Jon Scheyer called him the biggest surprise

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Minutes played for Duke against Kansas:

32 Ngongba
32 Sarr
27 Blackwell
26 JBB
24 Boozer
21 Wilkins
16 Foster
13 Rippey
7 Howard
2 Williams

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Next up for Duke: Monday Nov 2 vs Army (home)

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Strong showing from Duke against KU in a tough environment, great prep for the season

The good:
Ngongba was dominant
Blackwell delivered
Great in the 2nd half/down the stretch
FTs

Needs work:
JBB 2/10 FGs
Wilkins 7 pts was only real offense from the bench
Fast break Def.

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Final (exh): Duke 90 - Kansas 84

- Ngongba 28 pts, 10 rebs
- Blackwell 23 pts (4/7 3s)
- KU: Stokes 27 pts, 8 rebs, 7 asts
- 3s: Duke 9/25, KU 8/24
- FTs: Duke 27/33 (82%)
- Off rebs: Duke 11, KU 6
- Fst brk pts: KU 25, Duke 6
- Bench pts: KU 33, Duke 15

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Patrick Ngongba against Kansas:

28 points
10 rebounds
4 assists
2 blocks
9/12 FGs

Likely the best showing of his career, and the best is yet to come...

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Allen Fieldhouse, the 2nd best home court in the nation, sure is quiet...

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3:32 in the 2nd: Duke 83 - Kansas 76

Duke is on a 6-0 run and is keeping KU from getting good looks

KU almost always seems to make 3s down the stretch in big games at home, let's see how the Duke D can rise to the occasion

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Ngongba picks up his 3rd foul

JBB has the size and handle to get shots in close whenever he wants, he just has to finish stronger

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7:53 in the 2nd: Duke 77 - Kansas 73

Duke only allowed 80+ points twice in the '25-26 season (TX Tech, FSU)

Our interior D is really different with Pat off the court

3 fouls on Blackwell, JBB, Foster

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KU has 18 fast break points to only 4 for Duke, that's really the difference in this game so far

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Patrick Ngongba already has 22 points in this exhibition against Kansas, his regular-season career high is 17 points (twice)

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15:22 in the 2nd: Duke 58 - Kansas 57

Duke leads 15-12 in the 2nd half, we're getting the ball into the paint but are 0/2 from 3 this half, now 6/17 for the game

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Duke with a great 6-0 run to start the 2nd half gets a timeout from Bill Self, all strong baskets on the interior

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Cayden has played 11 minutes but hasn't scored yet (0/3 FGs)

Just one shot taken for Rippey

JBB has taken 5 shots for just 3 pts

A lot of room to improve on offense in the 2nd half

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Halftime: Kansas 45 - Duke 43

- Ngongba 16 pts, 5 rebs
- KU: Stokes 15 pts, 6 rebs, 4 asts
- Blackwell 9 pts, Sarr 6
- FGs: Duke 13/31 (42%), KU 16/34 (47%)
- 3s: Duke 6/15, KU 3/10
- FTs: Duke 11/14, KU 10/17
- Pts in Paint: KU 22, Duke 12

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Other than Ngongba who's looked great, Duke needs to be a lot stronger on the inside, on both O and D

It'll be interesting to see if Scheyer tightens up the 2nd half rotation in a competitive (exhibition) game

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3 fouls on Blackwell, that last one was weak

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3:53 in the 1st: Duke 38 - Kansas 32

Kansas has gone on a little run which is getting the crowd back into the action

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I like how when Ngongba falls to the floor he just sits there with his arms extended waiting for someone to help him up - I need someone like that to help me out of my recliner