A game that won't count, but could pay off: Duke-Kansas brings high stakes to Allen Fieldhouse

Duke coach Jon Scheyer was still in his crib in the family home in Northbrook, Illinois, when the Blue Devils last stepped foot in Allen Fieldhouse. It was a late-February day in 1988, and they were preparing for a regular-season game against Kansas.In a back-and-forth showdown between storied programs, Duke escaped the Phog with a 74-70 overtime victory.The Jayhawks got the last laugh, though: They avenged the defeat six weeks later, down the road in Kansas City, Missouri, when they beat Duke in the Final Four. The team known as “Danny and the Miracles” went on to beat Oklahoma for the championship.That explains just how rare on-campus games are between two of college basketball's true blue bloods. Preseason second-ranked Duke and No. 17 Kansas have met only 16 times, and that game 38 years ago remains the only one in Lawrence — until Sunday, and the latest in a wave of high-profile matchups that have dueling importances, on the court and away from it.“Of course I'd love to win, no qu