While so much of the focus [in the aftermath of Udoka Azubuike’s season-ending wrist injury][1] has been on how the 7th-ranked Kansas basketball team will survive without its most dominant offensive player, the answer to the question might actually be found on the other end. [Sure, the Jayhawks will need to figure out a way to score some points][2] — particularly the easy baskets that Dok was known for ...
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[The groundwork was laid a couple of days earlier, but the move became official on Tuesday night.][1] On his weekly "Hawk Talk" radio show on KLWN on Tuesday night, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self announced that freshman guard Ochai Agbaji would in fact be available to play during Wednesday's game against No. 25 TCU. The move to bring Agbaji into the lineup will put an end to the plan to redshirt the ...
Almost a month earlier to the day, back in December, the Kansas men’s basketball team learned it would have to survive a stretch of the 2018-19 season without 7-foot center Udoka Azubuike, who suffered a severe ankle sprain in a KU win over Wofford on Dec. 4. At that time, however, the Jayhawks knew their biggest and most dominant player would be back. Fast-forward to Jan. 6 — two days after a wrist ...
Even though there are seven inches and 60 pounds difference between them, one unexpected benefactor of the season-ending wrist injury to Udoka Azubuike could be Kansas freshman Ochai Agbaji. “Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,” KU coach Bill Self said Monday when asked if Agbaji’s redshirt was now up in the air. “We haven’t made that decision, but just to be real candid with you, Ochai and mom and dad and ...
There’s no telling exactly how Kansas basketball coach Bill Self felt about things when he woke up on Sunday morning, anywhere from 12-20 hours after fifth-ranked KU’s 77-60 loss at Iowa State on Saturday. But not long after the Jayhawks’ second setback of the season, which came largely as the result of a season-high 24 KU turnovers, Self already was providing himself — and the KU fan base — with ...