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In the harsh light of his cell, alone and near death, Simon Cartwright pressed the intercom. Water, he pleaded. He needed water. “Please, please, just give me a chance, please,” he said, according to call logs provided to the coroner. On the other end of buzzer, the prison guards were getting irritated. They’d shut off the water to Simon’s cell deliberately. It was being used as a bargaining chip, an inquest would later find, by guards who had a limited understanding of his severe and untreated mental illness. Simon . “Yeah, this is really entertaining actually,” a guard joked after one of Simon’s frantic pleas. “Yeah, keep buzzing up actually – this is keeping me entertained.” They found Simon the next day, naked on a mattress in the middle of his cell. He was cold to the touch. Despite being in an observation cell designed for 24/7 surveillance at Sydney’s Silverwater jail, rigor mortis had set in by the time anyone realised he was dead. A nurse who had rushed to the cell, responding to a request for medical assistance, wrote in her report that Simon had been dead for a “prolonged period”. His death was needless, a coroner would find. He was suffering from chronic peptic ulcer disease and had an ulcer in his small intestine. It was highly treatable. A drug called pantoprazole, administered at any point before the 25th day of his 30-day stay in Silverwater, would most likely have saved him, according to a gastroenterologist expert witness. But prison staff inexplicably missed all signs pointing to serious illness. Simon was extremely thin, to the point of malnourishment, and was recorded on CCTV clutching himself in pain and collapsing to the ground, although this was not observed by guards. He told guards he was struggling to breathe. Prison health staff had failed to make even a cursory check of their own records. Those records showed he had a history of gastric ulcers, infection and vomiting blood. Instead they wrongly answered “no” to a prompt of “history of gastrointestinal conditions?” during Simon’s intake assessment. The untreated ulcer penetrated surrounding organs in the weeks that followed, according to autopsy notes provided to the inquest. Bacteria entered Simon’s bloodstream and he went into septic shock, dying sometime on 19 September 2021. His grieving family have spent the years since trying to find answers. Their journey has led them to an incontrovertible truth – one that sits at the foundation of everything that went wrong. Simon should not have been in Silverwater. He should have been in hospital. Sixteen days before his death a psychiatrist had invoked the state’s mental health laws to order Simon be transferred to hospital for treatment for his unmedicated schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. No bed could be found, something the coroner would describe as a “gross systemic failure”. He was locked up for a month in a cell designed to be used for no more than 48 hours, and mocked by guards who withheld water from an emaciated man as punishment for behaviour they did not understand. “It was torture,” Simon’s sister Clare tells Guardian Australia. In her hospital bed at Lingard Private, in the beachside Newcastle suburb of Merewether, Simon’s elderly mother, Frances, had reason to smile. It was her birthday, 20 September 2021, and two of her three daughters, Michele and Alison, had just turned up. She thought they had managed to bypass Covid restrictions to pay her a surprise birthday visit. One look at their faces changed her mind. “I thought they had been given special permission as visitors were not allowed,” Frances wrote. “However, on closer look realised they were to give me bad news and I immediately knew it was Simon – a mother’s premonition.” At that stage, Frances didn’t even know her son had been in prison. None of his family did. Alison was the first to find out. Police officers told her about her brother’s incarceration when they knocked on the door of her Gosford home to tell her he was dead. The next day she and Michele travelled north to see their mother. The sisters could offer no explanation of what had happened. “That was the worst thing I have ever had to do,” Michele says. It was the beginning of a never-ending period of grief for Frances. The news triggered a desperate search for answers. Information was not forthcoming. The New South Wales government took months to release details. In December Justice Health, which runs health services at NSW correctional facilities, briefed the family on the results of its internal serious adverse event review. This raised more questions than it gave answers. The family wanted to know, among other things, why there were huge stretches of “unaccounted” hours where no recorded observations were made of Simon, and why more wasn’t done to investigate his physical health. Frances wrote a furious letter to the then corrections minister, Geoff Lee. She described her son’s treatment as worse than that of a dog. She asked for a more thorough investigation. “To be told that Simon had been found dead at 8pm on the 19th was one of the worst moments of my life,” she wrote to the minister on 27 January 2022. “Just thinking of Simon dying all alone with no family was unbearable.” She received an automatic receipt, promising the minister would respond within 28 days. When the 28 days passed without reply, Frances sent the letter again. She received nothing back. Simon was a smart kid, his sisters agree. They remember a child who loved music and loved to dance. He grew up in Tamworth, the youngest of six children. His closest sibling was 10 years his senior. Frances always told the kids it made raising Simon a dream. She had five pairs of hands eager to help. “He was a gorgeous little baby who everyone spoiled from day one,” Clare tells Guardian Australia. “He was a really loved kid. And he was very smart, probably because he had all his siblings pushing him along. He was bright, really friendly, outgoing social boy.” Things changed in his teenage years after he began using cannabis. “It just changed him, it changed the way he looked at life,” Clare said. “Keeping him at school was difficult, he just struggled.” The strain on his parents became overwhelming. His siblings tried to help. At one point Clare brought him up to the Gold Coast for rehab. She lost count of the times the family set him up in an apartment, furnishing it for him, and hoping for stability. “I don’t know what the percentage was of good to bad,” she said. “But there were lots of years where he was stable and he was still, sometimes, mentally challenged with his emotions.” In 2008, at age 28, Simon was diagnosed with schizophrenia and in 2013 he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. When his parents moved from Tamworth to Wollongong, Simon followed, getting a unit in a public housing estate. “The move to Wollongong was the start of some more serious times when he was in a mental health hospital and then back out,” Clare said. “Then the cycle of good and bad would begin.” In July 2020 a new psychiatrist at Shellharbour hospital abruptly departed from the decade-long diagnoses of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, reclassifying Simon’s condition as a personality disorder and polysubstance use disorder. The antipsychotic medications he had been taking for years were discontinued. Simon’s longstanding psychologist expressed concern about the sudden change. Records tendered to the inquest show the psychologist warned that Simon would become a problem for police and “potentially could go to gaol” if his psychiatric condition was not properly managed. That prediction was realised just six months later. In January 2021 Simon lit a fire in a neighbour’s apartment and was remanded briefly in Silverwater. At that point, prison staff noted his history of gastric ulcers and infection, vomiting blood and weight loss, obtaining records from two hospitals that had treated him. They had prescribed pantoprazole. All of these records would be available to prison health staff seven months later, when Simon returned to Silverwater. After 13 days on remand, the court deemed him not criminally responsible for the fire, due to his serious mental ill health, and sent him for treatment at Cumberland hospital in Parramatta. Discharge notes handed to the inquest suggest the treatment was effective. “On assessment at the day of discharge, Simon was well-kempt, polite and co-operative,” they read. “Engaged well and maintained a good eye contact. Speech was well articulated, coherent with normal rate, rhythm and tone. Did not exhibit any psychotic or pervasive mood symptoms.” Clare said her brother often responded well to treatment. It made him stable and able to spend time with the rest of the family. It gave them hope. He’d come to Christmases and weddings. He’d help Frances with her vacuuming. She’d do his washing. “He was good for long periods of time but that was on medication,” she said. “The medication had bad side-effects, so he’d self-medicate or come off the medications, and then the cycle of getting into trouble [would begin again].” On 19 August 2021 Simon was sent back to Silverwater. He’d been arrested on relatively minor charges of trespass, intimidation and resisting arrest. On 3 September a psychiatrist used the state’s mental health laws to order Simon be transferred to Long Bay forensic hospital, 40 minutes across Sydney, for involuntary treatment. “Care of an appropriate kind is not available in a correctional centre as he is refusing treatment in this setting,” the psychiatrist wrote. Experts told the inquest that, had such an order been made for someone in an emergency department, they would generally receive appropriate treatment within four hours. Delays of more than 24 hours would be rare. Delays beyond two days would be regarded as a significant failure of the system. There were no beds left at Long Bay. Simon languished in a queue for weeks. On 7 September he was still behind eight others waiting for a bed. A week later he was second on the list for transfer. Five days later he was still stuck at Silverwater. The inquest was told the delay was “unimaginable in Australia”. The deputy state coroner Erin Kennedy found that, had Simon been transported to Long Bay, his physical health would have been more closely monitored and the ulcer would probably have been detected and treated. Instead he was kept in his cell alone . It was, in the words of one psychiatric expert, a torture-like setting for a man suffering untreated schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The lights never went out. The surfaces were hard and cold. The noise and chaos spilling in from Silverwater’s Darcy wing was constant. The surveillance camera was always on. Ordinarily, inmates are not held on the wing for more than 48 hours. Simon was there for almost a month. At times, Simon was recorded as being doubled over in pain. He collapsed to the floor repeatedly. For long stretches he sat with his head in his hands. Guards reported him muttering “biblical things” they couldn’t understand. Transcripts of his intercom exchanges show a man confused and afraid. “You have to understand I’m struggling to breathe,” he told the guards the day before he died. Five minutes later, he buzzed for help again. “Yeah, um, sorry, just give me a sec, I’m standing in front – just give me a few minutes to breathe,” he said. A guard responded: “You’re not doing yourself a favour. Just go to sleep.” Clare and her family have watched the CCTV recordings and listened to the intercom exchanges of Simon’s final days. She says these will stay with her for ever. “He must have been in so much pain to die of sepsis in the last 48 hours, to be so unwell and to be refused water, just the basic human need of water,” she said. “It’s just, it can’t be comprehended.” Clare counted the 19 times that her brother pleaded for water over two days. Guards had shut off the water after Simon left a tap running, flooding the cell. On the evening before his death one told him they would give him water if he stayed silent. “Cartwright, is that you?” the guard asked. “Cartwright, listen. If you be quiet for half an hour and stop knocking up I’ll turn the water on.” Simon waited an hour and a half then rang again. “What is your 300th medical emergency for the night?” the guard responded. Simon pleaded: “Can you turn the water on!” The guard said: “If you aren’t knocking up so much I’ll do it.” Simon begged: “Please!” The last request for water came at 7.48pm. “Medical?” the guards responded. Simon again asked: “Can you turn the water on please?” The guard said: “If you don’t behave like that we will.” The voice in the recordings was barely recognisable to Simon’s family. “It was just so strained and pleading and begging,” Clare says. The prison had no formal policy or procedure governing the restriction of water to cells, the inquest found. Sometime in the year of Simon’s death, a requirement was introduced that compelled guards to get approval by a manager and document such a decision in an accommodation journal. There is no evidence that the requirement was in place at the time of Simon’s death. Simon had not been convicted of any crime. He remained innocent in the eyes of the law. Even if he were convicted, the inquest heard, there was little indication he would have been sentenced to imprisonment. He could have been diverted for mental health treatment and sent to a hospital by the courts, as had happened previously, or given a non-custodial sentence. He was by no means a hardened criminal. “He was one of the most vulnerable in our community,” the coroner wrote. Clare has a vivid memory of her brother’s funeral. He was laid to rest in Newcastle. Covid restrictions meant Clare could not get across the Queensland border. She was forced to watch a video stream. On it she saw her mother sitting on her own, weeping. Frances was forced to grieve alone, separate from the rest of the family, because of social distancing rules. “Seeing my mum just sitting there hunched over on her own, sitting on her own, not even having someone sit next to her and hold a hand – it’s just the most memorable thing in my mind,” Clare says The family still knew little about what had happened. It robbed them of any semblance of closure. “You know, we’re burying our brother and we’re like, ‘What happened?’” Clare says. “You know, you can’t say farewell when there’s just questions in your head: ‘Why are we burying him? We don’t know why.’” Clare was dealing with trauma of her own when she found out her brother was dead. Her husband had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Between treatments, the couple jumped in a caravan and hit the road. Clare described their trip through the outback as “a bucket-list thing”. They got as far as Julia Creek in north-western Queensland when Clare’s sister called. “It’s almost numbing – you just don’t expect to get that call about your siblings,” she says. “Especially our youngest brother. In the back of your mind for so many years, you’re thinking, ‘is Simon going to get better and get himself on his feet or one day are we going to find out that something has happened to him, or he’s disappeared?’” “It was just this feeling of total numbness, the shock that one of us had passed away out of the six of us.” The CCTV camera in Simon’s cell captured several distressing scenes the day before his death. On three occasions he collapsed to the floor. The first time he stumbled and fell backwards over his toilet, remaining on the ground for two minutes. Three and a half hours later he fell while walking towards his bed. He stayed on the ground for two minutes. An hour and a half later he stood up from the bed then fell backwards. He fell again while trying to get to his knees, this time lying on his side for five minutes before getting up. No one in the jail noticed, the inquest found. “You don’t need to be a medical person to see how much pain he was in, anyone could see just how much he was suffering,” Michele says. “His whole experience in the facility by those who were supposedly looking after him was inhumane.” About 9pm that evening, Simon covered his cell’s CCTV camera. Staff testified that steps are usually taken within an hour to uncover surveillance cameras. It took three shifts and almost 24 hours for the camera to be uncovered. Physical checks of the cell were not much better. On the day of Simon’s death, CCTV recordings showed the guard on duty looking into the cell for about four seconds at 2.17pm. He didn’t stand outside the cell and look in again for five hours. The guard used the intercom about 3.41pm to ask Simon to uncover the camera. He received no response. About two hours later, he tried again: “Hey, mate, 37. Cartwright. Cartwright, wake up.” Again, there was no response. Nobody bothered to conduct a physical check. “Although in ostensibly a 24 hour surveillance cell, he was in fact not being observed, nor indeed observable, 24 hours a day,” the coroner wrote. “In the days leading up to his death no one identified that Simon was in fact in urgent need of medical attention. His falls were not observed, his weakened state was not investigated. “The seriousness and urgency of his condition was missed.” After Simon’s death was discovered, the guard on duty filled out an observation form that wrongly suggested that electronic observations had been conducted at 30-minute intervals, the inquest found. The guard later accepted that the form was “not an accurate representation of his observations”. He said he had created the document in an attempt to “neat up” a scrappy piece of paper he had been using to record his checks on Simon. He also made “misleading” statements about his physical checks on Simon, which he later accepted as being “false”. The inquest found that, even with proper checks on that final day, Simon may not have survived. “The fact that Simon lay dying and dead on a cell floor, for long enough that he was not found until there were clearly no indications of life, despite supposedly being subject to the highest level of monitoring within the gaol, is both alarming, and carries its own particular trauma for Simon’s family,” the coroner found. Simon’s mother waited almost three years for an inquest into her son’s death. The family felt it was their only real avenue to the truth. Frances, a pensioner, tried to obtain legal aid so they could be represented in the coronial process but was rejected. It was a decision that infuriated them. They travelled to Sydney for the hearings in May and August this year. They sat in the courtroom, despite invitations to leave, as Simon’s last moments were played to the court, and then prepared a moving statement for the inquest: We are changed forever by the circumstances surrounding his death. Beyond the lack of health care provided the fact that a staff member unilaterally chose to deny Simon water after multiple pleading requests is appalling and a disregard for his basic human rights. We can only regret the many missed opportunities to save him and the thought of what he would have suffered will haunt us forever. The statement was repeated, almost in full, in the coroner’s concluding remarks. Her findings were delivered this month. They are damning. Kennedy found that Simon could have been saved. She was highly critical of the decision to withhold water from him. “Simon’s death was preventable,” she found. “This inquest highlights that [Corrective Services NSW] is not and should not be placed in a position to care for a mentally ill person. Once Simon was scheduled arrangements should have been made to provide medical care.” She recommended that guards on duty be told the reason that inmates are placed in observation cells. She said it was “unfair” that guards were not explicitly given this information, but accepted that it was available to them if they looked for it. She recommended that formal policies be implemented to govern the practice of restricting water to cells and to ensure that prisons monitor food and fluid intake. Justice Health was told to “give consideration” to recommending transfers of mentally unwell patients to external hospitals when no beds at a designated facility are available. The coroner recommended mandating mental health first aid training to officers staffing observation cells. She also recommended that guards be told at the start of their shifts why each inmate is in an observation cell. Justice Health said it acknowledged the pain caused by Simon’s loss and extended its sincere condolences to his family. “We are sorry for the distress experienced by Mr Cartwright’s family and will carefully consider the Coroner’s findings and recommendations before providing a formal response to the Attorney General,” a spokesperson said. A spokesperson for the current corrections minister, Anoulack Chanthivong, said the death was a “tragic loss” to Cartwright’s family and loved ones, and said “we offer them our deepest sympathies”. Corrective Services NSW’s formal response to the inquest will be released at a later date. But the spokesperson said a number of reforms have already been implemented since Cartwright’s death, including establishing a specialised observation suite at Silverwater’s remand centre to monitor at-risk inmates electronically; updating observations policies for at-risk inmates; and implementing a mandatory requirement for control room officers to document and record emergency response activities. Corrective Services is also trialling a new proof of life monitoring technology to detect vital signs, including heart and respiration rates. It has commenced a review of its policies regarding the restriction of water to prison cells. It will also aim to improve its supervision of inmates held in assessment cells for more than 48 hours and is investigating further mental health training for guards. “Corrective Services NSW takes seriously its duty of care to inmates who they are tasked with keeping safe and secure while under supervision,” the spokesperson said. “Any conduct that jeopardises the health or wellbeing of inmates or staff is completely unacceptable and inconsistent with the extremely high standard of behaviour that the minister expects.” “Corrective Services NSW will follow the expert advice of Justice Health in respect to the clinical management of inmate physical and mental health issues, and placement in specialised mental health beds.” It is understood the Corrective Services NSW professional standards unit is also assessing the inquest report to determine whether to take action. The coroner’s findings have come too late for Frances. She died last month at the age of 87, about two weeks before the decision was handed down. “My mother was always at the forefront of finding out what happened to Simon,” Clare says. “Her grief was endless and her regular questions and follow-up with me ensured that we wrote a response to the initial [serious adverse event review] report.” Clare says the inquest has given the family a partial sense of justice. They have nothing but praise for the police investigation and the crown lawyers who worked to find out what had happened. But she says she feels like there have been no real consequences. “It feels like a bit of a slap on the wrist, you know, that they’ve been told that they probably should do things better,” she said. “But really, is that enough when they’ve let someone die in those circumstances?Australians are shunning glam for laundry items at Black Friday sales
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Daily Post Nigeria We’re embarking on silent economic revolution in Ogun, says Abiodun Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport News We’re embarking on silent economic revolution in Ogun, says Abiodun Published on December 7, 2024 By Daily Post Staff Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has declared that his administration in the past over five years has carried out unprecedented turn-around in all the critical sectors of the state economy, describing it as ‘silent economic revolution’. He added that despite the humongous infrastructural deficit his government inherited upon assumption of office in 2019, especially in the area of roads at the boarder communities and Federal highways, he has been able to drastically ameliorate the situation in the best interests of the people in the State. Prince Abiodun made this known on Friday during the 14th Annual Lecture/Award ceremony of the Nigerian News Direct Newspaper with the theme,” Achieving Economic Prosperity: The Role of Human Capacity Development, Fiscal Prudence and Revenue Generation”, held at Grand Ballroom, Oriental Hotel, Lagos. The Governor, who was conferred with the ‘Man of the Year Award’ and represented by his Special Adviser on Media &Communications, Hon. Kayode Akinmade, reiterated his avowed commitment to all round development in Ogun State and the irreversible resolution to leave behind an enduring legacies of growth and prosperity in the Gateway State. He highlighted some of his enviable success in the State within a shot period of time to include construction of over 600km of roads across the three Senatorial Districts, construction of world class Agro-cargo Airport as well as raising the Internally Generated Revenue base of the state to become the most viable state in Nigeria in the area of IGR generation among other achievements. Governor Abiodun further explained that Ogun State since he took the mantle of leadership has totally changed the business environment to make it more friendly and favourable to investors, therefore making the state the best in terms of Ease of Doing Business and the investor destination of choice in Nigeria. According to him, the State presently accommodates over six thousands manufacturing firms in different industrial clusters across the state and contributing immensely to the micro economy of the state as well as the Nigerian macro economic growth. He, however, commended the management of the Nigerian News Direct Newspaper for the honour bestowed on him, promised never to deviate from the path of purposeful and responsible leadership with patriotic inclination. “I most sincerely thank the Nigerian News Direct Newspaper for the honour, obviously, the recognition would serve as impetus for our government to do more for our people in Ogun State and Nigeria in general. “We are happy that a media organisation like News Direct is painstakingly monitoring our activities and progress in the state, which is no doubt a silent economic revolution of sorts in every critical sector of the state economy. “I, therefore, urge them to continue to be vanguard of ethical journalism and strong illumination to the Nigeria’s public space for the ultimate good of the generality of the Nigerian citizenry, “Governor Abiodun said. Related Topics: Abiodun ogun Don't Miss Edo, Kogi, Cross River, Bayelsa part of Biafra – IPOB replies PANDEF, Igala group You may like Abiodun seeks foreign investment in livestock, timber processing, automobile assembly plant, others PWDs decry neglect, lack of implementation of Ogun Disability Laws 54,000 women benefit from N3bn individual livelihood grants – Ogun Deputy Governor N1.054trn 2025 budget key to progress, prosperity of Ogun people – Elders Council 16 Days of Activism: Ogun commits to safety for women, girls Abiodun presents N1.055tn 2025 budget to Ogun Assembly Advertise About Us Contact Us Privacy-Policy Terms Copyright © Daily Post Media LtdCommerce Bancshares senior vice president sells $120,293 in stock
Porter, Middle Tennessee knock off Ohio 83-81 in OTApostolic sect leader Madzibaba Ishmael Chokurongerwa has dismissed DNA results presented in court, arguing that the tests are flawed and should not be admitted as evidence. Chokurongerwa, who is facing charges of raping and impregnating three minor girls at his Nyabira shrine, appeared before Harare magistrate Estere Chivasa on Wednesday. The DNA tests, conducted by the National University of Science and Technology (NUST), allegedly link him to the pregnancies, but Chokurongerwa insists the process lacked integrity. He contends that the DNA samples were collected in violation of a High Court order, which had set specific conditions for the time, place, and supervision of the sampling process. "A tainted process cannot produce an untainted result. The DNA results are tainted and ought not to be admitted into evidence," he argued. The sect leader further claimed that procedural safeguards to ensure the authenticity of the samples were not followed, thereby compromising the entire forensic process. Additionally, Chokurongerwa denied the rape allegations, asserting that he never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with the complainants. He also claimed that the alleged victims did not voluntarily file complaints with the police, suggesting indoctrination may have influenced their silence during initial interviews. The State alleges that Chokurongerwa abused his position of power within the church to exploit the minors. Investigators say the victims, owing to religious indoctrination, were reluctant to disclose the identity of their abuser when initially questioned by police. Magistrate Chivasa has postponed the trial to January 16, 2025, to allow for further proceedings. The case has sparked widespread public interest, with many calling for justice for the victims while others question the transparency of evidence collection processes in sensitive cases like this.
The Kansas Jayhawks are in Vegas this week to take on the Duke Blue Devils in another neutral site game this season. And despite being the number one team in the land, they come into this game as underdogs. The Jayhawk faithful have plenty of reason to be skeptical of the lines and predictions, but is there something to the seeming lack of faith in Bill Self's squad? Our crew gives their thoughts below: Check out our Duke Preview for Kyle's full breakdown and prediction. Related: Duke vs Kansas Preview: A Feast Week Battle in Vegas I’m going to take the Jayhawks until I see any reason to do otherwise. Cooper Flag went off against Arizona in Duke’s latest win, scoring 24 of their 69 points, and in order to beat KU, they’re going to have to get other contributors. I specifically remember Bill Self employing a “let their star get his but stop everyone else strategy” when he faced another generational talent in Kevin Durant. Anything is possible, but I’d look for Kansas to use their depth and keep throwing bodies at Duke defensively. Offensively, feed Hunter Dickinson and hopefully this is the game that Rylen Griffen and AJ Storr go off against a high level opponent. Kansas 80, Duke 69. I do find it strange how little of a chance KU is being given by outsiders in this game. Advanced metrics, bloggers, writers, it’s a strange phenomenon in my opinion. Obviously Duke could win this game, the Blue Devils have a ton of talent and the best player in the country in Flagg. But I also think some of the analysis for this game essentially boils down to being attracted to shiny, new objects. Surprise, Kansas is also really good on the floor and, in my opinion, has a significant coaching advantage as well. I think the game plan has to be containing Flagg and living with whatever Duke’s other star freshmen do. I think Kansas has enough playmakers to put pressure on Duke’s top-rated defense (per KenPom), especially if we get the kind of Storr performance we all think he’s capable of offensively. I’ll take the Jayhawks, but I do think it’ll go right down to the wire. Kansas 77, Duke 75. To Brendan’s point, I think too many people are latching onto the star power of Cooper Flagg, completely ignoring what Kentucky did to them in the Champions Classic. It wasn’t a blow out by any means, but the reliance on Flagg allowed Kentucky to focus in on him and do just enough as a team to overcome it. Kansas has more college-ready talent than Kentucky, and they have shown the ability to play with many different styles. Kansas has a player just as impressive as Flagg in Hunter Dickinson, and the supporting cast is much deeper and more talented. The lack of Flory Bidunga will likely hurt Kansas a bit in this one, but that means we probably see more small-ball lineups, minutes from Zach Clemence and KJ sliding in to the 5 a bit more. None of those things are horrible for Kansas, and while a loss is definitely possible here, it’s crazy to think that Duke is 2:1 favorites right now. Kansas 82, Duke 76 Follow All Jayhawks1 on Twitter . Listen to the official podcast of All Jayhawks: The Rock Chalk Podcast .