Duke Basketball Clash With UConn Won't Include Ex-Blue Devil Nik Khamenia

At the Elite Eight in Washington, D.C., on March 29, then-Duke basketball freshman Nik Khamenia tallied seven points, two rebounds, one assist, and one steal across his 22 minutes on the floor in the Blue Devils' crushing 73-72 loss to the UConn Huskies. But the former McDonald's All-American from Los Angeles was on the bench in the final 10 seconds when UConn's Braylon Mullins, now Khamenia's teammate and roommate in Storrs, Conn., ultimately drained his famous three to sink Duke.

Unfortunately for Khamenia, the Huskies, and those who were hoping to see him face his former school in the highly anticipated meeting between Duke and UConn later his month, it looks like a sure thing that he…