Cooper Flagg finished the win with 11 points, five rebounds, two assists and two blocks while shooting 4/7 from the field and 1/1 from the three-point range in 28 minutes of playing time. Many basketball fans reacted to his performance on social media.

Riding a 15-game winning streak, the No. 2-ranked Duke Blue Devils just regained their full roster when Maliq Brown returned for Saturday’s 87-70 win over UNC. Now, Duke is shorthanded again.

Duke basketball is back on the road this week, starting with a trip to Syracuse. Will the Blue Devils win in Maliq Brown's return? Here's our pick.

Now, though, third-year Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and his squad are missing a different transfer forward in graduate Mason Gillis. The 6-foot-6, 225-pound reserve out of Purdue did not make the trip to Syracuse for the Blue Devils' showdown against the Orange (10-12, 4-7 ACC) at 7 p.m. Wednesday (ESPN2).

The Duke men's basketball team announced on Wednesday that senior sharpshooter Mason Gillis won't play at Syracuse due to illness.

Duke basketball will be without Mason Gillis, one of the Blue Devils' top reserves, at Syracuse. Here's what we know.