No. 14 Kansas suffered a crushing 76-46 loss to top-ranked Houston on Saturday, but the loss might not have been the worst news of the day for the Jayhawks.
Hunter Dickinson left the game in the second half with what Kansas coach Bill Self later said was a dislocated shoulder, and the star center will undergo an MRI when the team returns to Lawrence.
Additionally, the status of Kevin McCullar Jr., an NBA prospect who has battled a knee injury in recent months, is also unknown after he missed the second half of Saturday's loss due to the injury.
“[Dickinson] He dislocated his shoulder and went back in, but they're going to do an MRI to see the diagnosis and try to come up with an action plan for him,” Self said. “Kevin, he hasn't done anything since. [the Kansas State game on Tuesday]. Today she felt better and thought about trying (playing). I wish we hadn't played [McCullar].
“It's a pretty big level of concern when your two best players are probably questionable going forward.”
Self said it's “too early” to know if Dickinson and McCullar will be available for next week's Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, Missouri.
With Saturday's game already out of reach, Dickinson injured his right shoulder while fighting for a rebound at the 11:08 mark of the second half. He immediately ran back to the locker room clutching his shoulder.
McCullar aggravated his knee injury in the win over Kansas State. He has missed six games in the last six weeks due to a bone bruise in his knee.
Self said it's difficult to project the next few weeks for Kansas because of the injuries.
“I don't feel very good about the big picture, just because I don't know what our health situation is,” he said. “Guys, if we had our five guys and they were all lined up and healthy, we could play with anyone. But we're not doing that right now. Now, that's not why we lost today, but that's been the main reason we didn't. We have played well lately.
“So hopefully we'll get a good report on [Dickinson]and with luck, [McCullar] You will start to feel better. And if that's the case, our perspective will be different than it is now.”
