Tonight, the Kentucky Wildcats take on the Duke Blue Devils a man down. Ryan Harrow will not be at the game due to flu-like symptoms.

Game particulars as follows, courtesy of UKAthletics.com:

Gameday Information
Champions Classic Kentucky vs. Duke Tues., Nov. 13 - 9:30 p.m. ET Atlanta, Ga. Game Notes: UK | DU
Coverage
TV: ESPN Radio: UK IMG Live Video via WatchESPN Gametracker Live Audio Text Updates

Tonight, the Wildcats must:

• Attack the rim at every opportunity. Duke is significantly less athletic, and Kentucky must make them pay for it.
• Take care of the basketball. UK is just not good enough to give free possessions to the more experienced Blue Devils.
• Defend the paint. Duke can shoot the three, but what I worry about are easy layups.
• Rebound the basketball. If Duke does to us what Maryland did on the offensive glass, this game will be very one-sided.
• Play beyond their years. It isn't ideal, but these young guys must play like sophomores, not freshmen.

This is going to be a much tougher game than Maryland. The Wildcats simply have to play basketball at a level roughly equivalent to the first half of the Maryland game, except they have to do it for 40 minutes. Can they do it?

We'll see. Go, 'Cats!