After each Duke men's basketball game this season, check back here for the Player of the Game and more. Duke lost a close one to Kansas in the Vegas Showdown Tuesday, and the Blue Zone is here to break down the game.

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.

As the game reached its second half, Dickinson was ejected for a flagrant 2 foul after a scuffle with Duke’s Maliq Brown. The incident drew immediate attention, with former Duke basketball star and current ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Williams voicing his frustration over the play, even labeling it "dirty" on social media.

Kansas center Hunter Dickinson was ejected midway through the second half of the top-ranked Jayhawks’ game against No. 11 Duke for kicking the Blue Devils’ Maliq Brown in the head

Duke’s Maliq Brown was initially called for a foul for undercutting Kansas center Hunter Dickinson, but after a lengthy review, the Jawhawks’ senior was shown the door. Here’s what we know.