Sunday, October 25, 2026 Exhibition
Duke 90, Kansas 84 (exhibition)
Duke at Kansas · Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, KS. Official box score on goduke.com ↗
What Changed · vs. previous game, Oct 20 vs. Tennessee
Biggest minutes gainers and losers. Cameron Williams went from 18 minutes against Tennessee to 2 at Kansas, the biggest drop. Caleb Foster had the biggest gain, +15 minutes after not playing.
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Top notes
- Minutes swingCameron Williams played 2 minutes after 18 against Tennessee.
- Minutes swingCaleb Foster played 15 minutes after not playing against Tennessee.
- Minutes swingPatrick Ngongba II played 32 minutes after 19 against Tennessee.
- AvailabilityMaxime Meyer did not play after logging 10 minutes against Tennessee.
- Minutes swingBryson Howard played 8 minutes after 17 against Tennessee.
13 more
- Minutes swingDeron Rippey Jr. played 13 minutes after 21 against Tennessee.
- Projection paceNgongba is averaging 20.5 PPG in exhibitions, above his 14.5 starter projection (moved above it this game). Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceBoumtje Boumtje is averaging 8.5 PPG in exhibitions, below his 11.0 starter projection (moved below it this game). Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceWilliams is averaging 1.0 PPG in exhibitions, below his 2.0 starter projection (moved below it this game). Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceBlackwell is averaging 20.5 PPG in exhibitions, above his 15.0 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceBoozer is averaging 4.0 PPG in exhibitions, below his 9.0 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceFoster is averaging 2.0 PPG in exhibitions, below his 8.2 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceSarr is averaging 13.5 PPG in exhibitions, above his 6.0 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceRippey is averaging 12.0 PPG in exhibitions, above his 6.0 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceWilkins is averaging 9.0 PPG in exhibitions, above his 2.0 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceHoward is averaging 3.5 PPG in exhibitions, above his 2.0 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Leading scorerPatrick Ngongba II led Duke with 28 points on 9-of-12 shooting.
- LineupSame starting five as against Tennessee: Ngongba, Blackwell, Sarr, Boumtje Boumtje, Boozer.
Generated from the official box score.
Flags
+13 min Patrick Ngongba II
-8 min Deron Rippey Jr.
-9 min Bryson Howard
+15 min Caleb Foster
-16 min Cameron Williams
Under 5 min Cameron Williams
Did not play Maxime Meyer
Duke player lines
| Player | GS | MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Ngongba II | ● | 32 | 28 | 9-12 | 1-2 | 9-10 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| John Blackwell | ● | 27 | 23 | 6-12 | 4-7 | 7-8 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Dame Sarr | ● | 31 | 12 | 2-8 | 0-5 | 8-11 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje | ● | 27 | 6 | 2-10 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| Cayden Boozer | ● | 24 | 6 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Sebastian Wilkins | 21 | 7 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Deron Rippey Jr. | 13 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bryson Howard | 8 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Caleb Foster | 15 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cameron Williams | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Players | 200 | 90 | 27-60 | 9-25 | 27-33 | 40 | 17 | 13 |
Player rebounds and turnovers exclude team totals. Recorded by hand from the official box score on Oct 29, 2026.
What fans are saying on X
Mixedpositive57%mixed10%negative33%
Themes
- Ngongba.Mentioned in 23 of 43 posts, mixed. Box score: 28 pts (9-12 FG, 1-2 3PT), 10 reb, 4 ast in 32 min.
- Blackwell.Mentioned in 17 of 43 posts, mixed. Box score: 23 pts (6-12 FG, 4-7 3PT), 4 reb, 2 ast in 27 min.
- Sarr.Mentioned in 12 of 43 posts, mostly positive. Box score: 12 pts (2-8 FG, 0-5 3PT), 6 reb, 1 ast in 31 min.
- Three-point shooting.Came up in 7 posts, mixed. Box score: Duke 9-25 from three.
- Free throws.Came up in 7 posts, mostly positive. Box score: Duke 27-33 FT.
Representative posts
- @JonRothstein · 450.6k followers: Says Ngongba showed All-American potential with 28 points and 10 rebounds in the road win.
- @Isaac__Trotter · 24.5k followers: Rates the Boozer-Blackwell-Sarr-Boumtje-Ngongba starting group as one of the best five-man units in the country this season.
- @ConorONeill_DI · 19.2k followers: Argues that trailing on the road was useful for Duke and points to the 9-0 and 11-0 runs that closed it out.
- @JasonDukeEvans · 2.9k followers: Notes the freshmen were quiet on the road and the veterans, Ngongba and Blackwell, made the big plays late.
- @TheDevilsDen · 16.8k followers: At halftime: says Duke built a 12-point lead, then lost it once Kansas turned up the physicality.
Automated summary of 43 public posts sampled from X between Oct 25, 11:00 AM and Oct 26, 1:00 PM ET (2 searches); the mood split counts the 21 that expressed a view. Spam, bots, betting accounts, abusive posts and posts aimed at players personally were filtered out. Posts are linked and paraphrased (paraphrases checked by hand), not reproduced, and don't reflect the views of this site. Generated Oct 29, 4:40 PM ET.