Only two Jayhawks who played were above-bubble, Jalen Wilson and Joe Yesufu. Jalen had an uncharacteristically poor defensive game, otherwise his value-score would have been much better. Joe played 29 minutes filling in for injured starter Kevin McCullar, and finished in double-figures with 11 points.
The remaining starters had poor outings, but none were terrible. Gradey Dick shot poorly but defended adequately. Dejuan Harris likewise had a bad offensive game, but his defense was solid. K.J. Adams wasn’t great, but he outplayed freshmen Ernest Udeh and M.J. Rice. The bench has now had 6 consecutive below-zero outings for Kansas, dropping it to the worst bench in the 20-year Self era.
Next week begins the NCAA Tournament. One hopes the team can use this poor outing as motivation to come out focused and win two in Des Moines next week. It was the TEAM’s second-worst outing of the season (and 8th below-zero game overall).
Charting the Hawks 