ESPN announces tip-off time for Duke basketball game against Kansas in Las Vegas

Duke basketball will play Kansas under the Las Vegas lights after ESPN confirmed the game’s tip-off time on Thursday.

The Duke Blue Devils and Kansas Jayhawks get to play a night game in the country’s most nocturnal city.

The Las Vegas Showdown revealed its tip-off times on Thursday with Duke and Kansas set for the first game of the night at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time on November 26th.

The battle pits two preseason favorites against each other on the hardwood. Duke, thanks to top-ranked freshman [autotag]Cooper Flagg[/autotag], opened as the No. 1 overall seed in ESPN analyst Joe Lunardi’s projected 2025 bracket. However, Kansas coach Bill Self lured big names from the transfer portal to supplant Jon Scheyer’s team atop Lunardi’s rankings.

The Tuesday game also marks the back half of a road trip for Scheyer’s team as the Blue Devils play Arizona in its home arena just four days earlier.

With the game taking place out west, the Blue Devils and Jayhawks will actually be the first game of the night. Seattle and Furman, the other two teams competing at the inaugural event, will tip off at 11:30 p.m. Eastern time

The announcement came within hours of the State Farm Champions Classic revealing that Duke and Kentucky would also play at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time on November 12, albeit as the second of two games.