Coming into the 2nd game of the Champions Classic, the narrative was that Kentucky would struggle due to their three seven-footers sitting on the bench while Kansas rolled out Hunter Dickinson. And, after a 9-0 start for Bill Self’s Jayhawks, that appeared to be true. But Kentucky roared back and made a game of it behind a strong first half from freshman Rob Dillingham. In the end, Dickinson’s 27-point, 21-rebound performance, plus Kevin McCullar’s triple-double, and DaJuan Harris’ career-high 23 points were just too much.
Duke and Michigan State both came into the first game in Chicago with a loss on their record, meaning that one of the AP Preseason Top 5 teams would have two losses by November 14. Te revelation for Jon Scheyer’s team was freshman Caleb Foster, who dropped 18 on 7-8 shooting (4-5 from three).
USC fell to UC-Irvine, albeit with Boogie Ellis and Kobe Johnson on the shelf. Tyler Kolek’s ankle appears to be okay as he finished with 24 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals. Trey Alexander led the way for Creighton (an assist shy of recording his own triple-double) as they knocked off Iowa.
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