Seniors Dajuan Harris and KJ Adams huddled with their Kansas basketball teammates after an alarming development took place with 10 1/2 minutes to play in Tuesday night’s Vegas Showdown game against Duke at T-Mobile Arena.

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.

Dajuan Harris scored 14 points and top-ranked Kansas withstood the ejection of star center Hunter Dickinson to beat No. 11 Duke 75-72 in the Vegas Showdown on Tuesday night. Dickinson, who entered the game averaging 17.