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Duke dominates Kentucky basketball in Champions Classic rout

INDIANAPOLIS - John Calipari predicted before his team's season opener against Duke the game would only matter for the team that won.

What about the team that got embarrassed?

No. 2 Kentucky failed its first test of the season in spectacular fashion, surrendering the most points in the Calipari era in a 118-84 loss to No. 3 Duke. Kentucky trailed by as many as 37 points in the game, marking the worst Kentucky loss since a 41-point defeat at Vanderbilt on Feb. 2, 2008.

Duke's star freshman trio RJ Barrett, Cam Reddish and Zion Williamson all played like soon-to-be top-five NBA draft picks, combining for 80 points.