Duke coach Jon Scheyer set the schedule up to challenge his young stars early, but the tough lessons are still that — tough.

LAS VEGAS — Top-ranked Kansas is set to face No. 11 Duke in a high-profile clash Tuesday night, a matchup showcasing two of college basketball’s most storied programs. With the Jayhawks entering as the No. 1 team in the country, the game presents a significant opportunity for both squads to test their depth in the early season.

The Duke Blue Devils had two chances to win the game against No. 1 Kansas on Tuesday night. Well, truly, any sentence like that is a bit of a fallacy. Duke could have made another shot or played better defense on any possession over the first 39 minutes of the game to swing the outcome,

The No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks proved to be too much for Cooper Flagg and the Duke Blue Devils. On Tuesday, Duke basketball tasted its second defeat of the season, as the ACC powerhouse fell prey to Bill Self’s Jayhawks via a score of 75-72 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Across four seasons as a legendary Duke basketball guard, including a 2009-10 senior campaign that ended with the Blue Devils cutting down nets in April, Jon Scheyer knocked down 38.1 percent of his 780 attempts beyond the arc.