Our crew weighs in on whether the Jayhawks will take out their frustrations or if the Knights will get some measure of revenge.
Kansas basketball weathered terrible injury luck for chunks of last season and went into the NCAA Tournament without star player Kevin McCullar Jr. Needless to say, the campaign ended with a whimper.
The first Kansas men’s basketball game without Dajuan Harris Jr. in the lineup since March 7, 2020, featured some never-before-seen sets of five Jayhawks. As KU coach Bill Self searched for answers, there were groups without point guards.
The Knights (13-6, 4-4) will look for revenge and a fourth Quad 1 win Tuesday before returning home Saturday afternoon.
After missing three straight games because of a shoulder injury, Kansas senior forward KJ Adams returned to play 26 minutes in Tuesday’s 91-87 victory over UCF at Allen Fieldhouse.
Check out everything Kansas basketball coach Bill Self and his players had to say Tuesday following a win at home in Big 12 Conference play vs UCF.
Kansas basketball came close to losing another game inside Allen Fieldhouse, but the Jayhawks recovered and were able to defeat UCF in Big 12 play.
Kansas men’s basketball picked up a close bounce-back 91-87 win on Tuesday night over UCF. Dickinson and Mayo led the way for the Jayhawks in Harris’s absence.
Hunter Dickinson and Zeke Mayo each scored 24 points to lead five Kansas players in double figures and the No. 11 Jayhawks completed a Big 12 regular-season sweep over UCF,
UCF led for more than 21 minutes, but the Jayhawks captured a narrow lead down the stretch. UCF had a chance to take the lead down one in the final seconds, but the Jayhawks got a stop. Adams and Mayo each sunk a pair of free throws in the last 10 seconds to secure the win.
UCF and Kansas meet on Tuesday night! Our College Basketball odds series has our UCF-Kansas prediction, odds, and pick.
Home losses are rare enough at Kansas that prior to Saturday, the Jayhawks hadn’t experienced more than one in a single season since the 2017-18 campaign. Every other home loss in the six and a half years since has been followed by a road trip.