Believe it or not but Duke and Kentucky were once in the same conference, a long time ago and not for very long.
Duke joined the Southern Conference in 1928, four years before Kentucky left the league as one of the founding members of the Southeastern Conference.
Duke and Kentucky played three times during that period, Duke winning once.
The two teams didn’t square off again for two decades.
That doesn’t mean they didn’t have some conflict.
Eddie Cameron’s last Duke team was his best, 22-2 and a Southern Conference title, in 1942.
The NCAA Tournament was in its fourth year, an eight-team affair, no automatic qualifiers, teams selected based on geographic regions.