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Duke, Kentucky primed for Champions and beyond

INDIANAPOLIS --- Coaches always tell players to have a "next game" attitude. Cam Reddish, one of four top-15 recruits on Duke's roster, and his teammates had not played their first exhibition when he spoke with ESPN last month in Durham, North Carolina, about the Kentucky-Duke season opener at the Champions Classic in Indianapolis.

But the five-star freshman had no time for clichéd responses.

"I think that sets the tone for our season," Reddish said of Tuesday's game. "I feel like we come out, come out strong, aggressive, I feel like we win that game, we'll have a great season.