The college basketball world saw the Duke Blue Devils come up short against the Kansas Jayhawks on Tuesday night, an effort doomed by a turnover in the final five seconds. Head coach Jon Scheyer saw his team battle back from a nightmare start.

LAS VEGAS — Top-ranked Kansas is set to face No. 11 Duke in a high-profile clash Tuesday night, a matchup showcasing two of college basketball’s most storied programs. With the Jayhawks entering as the No. 1 team in the country, the game presents a significant opportunity for both squads to test their depth in the early season.

Duke basketball fans weren't sure exactly what head coach Jon Scheyer drew up for the potential go-ahead possession in the final seconds against Kansas on Tuesday, but they could tell it didn't turn out the way he envisioned.

Cooper Flagg and the No. 11 Duke basketball nearly pulled off an upset on Tuesday against the No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks.

Following the bout in Arizona's famously hostile McKale Center, Jon Scheyer and his crew will get the Blue Devils ready for their Vegas Showdown opening bout against the No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks at 9 p.m. ET Tuesday (ESPN).

The Duke Blue Devils had two chances to win the game against No. 1 Kansas on Tuesday night. Well, truly, any sentence like that is a bit of a fallacy. Duke could have made another shot or played better defense on any possession over the first 39 minutes of the game to swing the outcome,