Kansas senior center Landen Lucas (33) tries to defend the ball without fouling against a UNC Asheville guard on Friday, Nov. 25, at Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks won 95-57.

Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self confirmed to the Journal-World via text message Saturday morning that injured senior forward Landen Lucas would play today vs. Stanford at 2:30 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse.

“Yeah, he’s gonna go,” Self wrote.

Lucas, who has been plagued by foul trouble and foot soreness throughout the start of the 2016-17 season, missed Tuesday’s victory over Long Beach State because of an oblique strain that bugged him that day during shoot-around.

Self said Tuesday the oblique injury was something Lucas had tried to play through but that he tweaked it before the game and joined team doctors in believing it was best if he sat out to rest it.

KU won 91-61 without him that night but is still in search of something to get its big men going.

Perhaps Lucas’ return to the lineup today vs. the Cardinal on ESPN will be part of the recipe that gets KU’s bigs producing at a higher level.

It remains to be seen how much Lucas plays, of course, and freshman 7-footer Udoka Azubuike is still expected to start alongside guards Frank Mason III, Devonte’ Graham, Josh Jackson and Lagerald Vick.