Joel Berry II reacts to Duke's 43-point win over Illinois at Madison Square Garden.

With plenty of professional scouts on hand, Flagg finished with 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists in his Madison Square Garden debut. Duke romped to a 110-67 victory that

A non-conference game in February doesn't happen very often in college basketball. However, Duke and Illinois may have started a new tradition.

Auburn is still the No. 1 team in the polls, but the Blue Devils have comfortably pulled ahead of the Tigers in the computer metrics

Cooper Flagg has certainly lived up to the hype. So it seems a foregone conclusion the freshman phenom from Duke will become the top pick in this year's NBA draft. Illinois coach Brad Underwood has a different idea.

Illinois struggled with Duke's size and composure, allowing a 38-15 Blue Devils firsrt-half run on its way to missing 17 three-point attempts to start the game and were ultimately bombed out 110-67. It was the largest margin of defeat for the Illini this season,

During a Zoom call on Thursday afternoon, Duke basketball coach Jon Scheyer discussed Maliq Brown's injury and the Blue Devils game vs. Illinois.

Here's what to know about Duke basketball's neutral-site, non-conference game against Illinois, Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York.