Gradey Dick and Kevin McCullar were KU’s best players against the Cyclones. K.J. Adams, who had the winning basket as part of 15 points and Jalen Wilson, who finished with 16 points, had poor defensive showings overall. Still, K.J. has now ran off 11 consecutive positive-value games, a team record for this season.
The bench was again abysmal, this time combining to produce -7.05 points against bubble. Only once, the Nebraska-Omaha game, has the bench collectively produced more value points than the starting 5. And through 17 games this season, only 4 times (Omaha, NDSU, Texas Southern, Indiana) has the bench been above-bubble (reminder, this is an opponent-adjusted number).
Charting the Hawks 