No. 4-ranked Duke’s 118-84 destruction of No. 2 Kentucky in the second game of Tuesday’s Champions Classic doubleheader certainly shocked the college basketball world.
ESPN color announcer Jay Bilas said repeatedly on the postgame broadcast that he, in fact, had run out of superlatives to describe the Blue Devils and their freshman trio of R.J. Barrett (33 points), Zion Williamson (28) and Cam Reddish (22).
“You know, it did surprise me,” KU coach Bill Self said Friday at his weekly media luncheon, referring to the score of the game that followed No. 1-ranked KU’s 92-87 victory over No.