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Game thread: KU v Duke, Madison Square Garden, Tuesday NOV 18, 8:00 PM CT ESPN

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18 hours 53 minutes ago #34107 by HawkErrant
Tuesday November 18, 2025.

One hundred and forty years ago on November 18, 1885 in Jamesport, Missouri, roughly 120 miles northeast of Lawrence, Kansas and The University of Kansas, future KU legend and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Forrest Clare Allen (later known as Phog and /or Doc) was born.

Happy Birthday, Doc!

Also on this Tuesday tomorrow our #24 Jayhawks are in NYC to play #5 Duke in the State Farm Champions Classic on another Kansas Men's Basketball......

... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL NIGHT!

KUAthletics.com: No. 24 Kansas to Face No. 5 Duke in Champions Classic Tuesday at Madison Square Garden

KUAthletics.com: Game Notes - KU v Duke
All kinds of cool info on the KU v Duke series and the State Farm Championship series in these Game Notes.

Injury Status at Covers.com Covers historically updates Injury Status for each regular season and postseason game.

As I post this I have yet to see a "MBB Duke Fan Card - University of Kansas" on KUAthletics.com, so here's the rosters for each team for Tuesday night's game.

AY2025-26 Duke Blue Devils MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER
Jon Scheyer	Head Coach
#  Name			POS 	HT	WT	CLASS	HOME
1  Caleb Foster		G	6' 5"	205 lbs	JR	Harrisburg, NC
2  Cayden Boozer	G	6' 4"	205 lbs	FR	Miami, FL
4  Isaiah Evans		G	6' 6"	180 lbs	SO	Fayetteville, NC
5  Sebastian Wilkins	G	6' 8"	220 lbs	FR	Boston, MA
6  Maliq Brown		F	6' 9"	225 lbs	SR	Culpeper, VA
7  Dame Sarr 		G	6' 8"	190 lbs	FR	Oderzo, Italy
8  Darren Harris	G	6' 5"	195 lbs	SO	Herndon, VA
12 Cameron Boozer	F	6' 9"	250 lbs	FR	Miami, FL
13 Cameron Sheffield	G	6' 6"	205 lbs	SR	Alpharetta, GA
14 Nikolas Khamenia	G	6' 8"	215 lbs	FR	Los Angeles, CA
15 Ifeanyi Ufochukwu	C	6' 11"	240 lbs	SR	Benin City, Nigeria
20 Jack Scott		G	6' 6"	220 lbs	SR	Pelican Island, NJ
21 Patrick Ngongba II	C	6' 11"	250 lbs	SO	Manassas, VA

AY2025-26 KANSAS JAYHAWKS MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER
#  NAME			POS  HT / WT  CLASS HOME
0  Nginyu Ngala#	G    5-10/180 Gr    Montreal, QC Canada
1  Jayden Dawson#	G    6-4/195  Sr    Omaha NE		 
3  Tre White#     	G    6-7/205  Sr    Dallas TX		  
6  Samis Calderon	F    6-8/200  Fr    Espirito Santo Brazil
7  Kohl Rosario		G    6-5/185  Fr    Miami FL
11 Jamari McDowell	SG   6-4/180  So*   Manvel TX
12 Wilder Evers$	G    6-4/195  Jr*   Birmingham AL
13 Elmarko Jackson	PG   6-3/195  So*   South Kent CT
14 Melvin Council Jr#	G    6-4/185  Sr    Rochester NY
15 Bryson Tiller	F    6-10/240 Fr*   Atlanta GA
21 Will Thengvall$	G    6-3/185  So    Wichita KS
22 Darryn Peterson	G    6-5/195  Fr    Canton OH
25 Justin Cross$	F    6-8/200  Sr*   South Kent CT
34 Paul Mbiya		C    6-11/260 Fr    Dem Rep Congo
40 Flory Bidunga	C    6-9/220  So    Dem Rep Congo
REDSHIRT THIS YEAR
2  Corbin Allen	        G    6-6/185  Fr~   Kansas City MO	  Oak Park HS
WINTER BREAK ADD?
?  Jaden Nickens	G    6-3/170  Fr    Simi Valley CA
LEGEND
$ Walk on (grandfathered in, so don't count against roster limits; no new W in the future under current guidelines)
~ Redshirting this season
* Past Redshirt
# Transfer with 1 year to play

No official word as of this post date, but everything is pointing to KANSAS once again being without the services of Darryn (DnP) Peterson.
Needless to say if he cannot go KU's chances are significantly reduced against a very talented - but young - Duke squad.

I say start Gee Ngala and score some POINTS to try to win this thing and give Doc Allen and all his fans a very nice birthday present!

LET'S GO JAYHAWKS!

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7 hours 8 minutes ago #34108 by Bayhawk
Makes my 69 years (today) on this planet look insignificant!

--RC

The end is nothing; the road is all.
-- Jules Michelet
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6 hours 50 minutes ago #34109 by Wheatstate Gal
Happy Birthday, Young Man! May the day be full of special surprises!

Fondly, Wheaty
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6 hours 28 minutes ago #34110 by sasnak
Happy Birthday, Bay!
and a big hello to Wheaty!!

It'll feel better when it stops hurting
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6 hours 2 minutes ago #34112 by HawkErrant
Happy Birthday, Bay!
How cool to share yours with Phog!

You also share it with Sojourner Truth, W.S. Gilbert (was he the model of a modern major general?), conductor Eugene Ormandy, George Gallup (the poll founder), Imogene Coca (I always loved her!), Moon River's Johnny Mercer, astronaut and 1st American in space Alan Shephard, Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale), actress Linda Evans (a Big Valley Dynasty herself), Wilma Mankiller (Native American activist and 1st woman chief of the Cherokee Nation), Raiders DB Jack Tatum, Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing), QB Warren Moon, Kirk Hammett (Metallica quitarist), Maryland Terrapin hoopster Len Bias :( , and goofy actor Owen WIlson among others.

I share mine with Petula Clark B), Anna-Frid Lingstad (ABBA :woohoo: ), Erwin Rommel (yes, the famous German general), Kansas City's own Ed Asner, Claus von Stauffenberg (German antifascist colonel who attempted to assassinate Hitler), José "Bill" Meléndez (American Emmy Award-winning character animator of the Peanuts TV specials), Judge Joseph Wapner (People's Court), C.W. McCall (William Dale Fries, Jr - "this here's the Rubber Duck, and I'ma gonna put the hammer down!"), Jonny Lee Miller (Elementary, my dear Watson...), Sam Waterston and Beverly D'Angelo, to name just a few.

Our KU lads gave us a present for my birthday last Saturday, here's to them giving you one tonight!

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3 hours 38 minutes ago #34113 by LKF_HAWK
Belated Happy Birthday Bay. No DP tonight, no one expects the young Hawks to be much of a match for Duke. Great, no pressure, let it fly!
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